Great Paper on Cs-137 in Beef (Cold War era)
Posted by BC-
I have been thinking much on this.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1919831/pdf/pubhealthreporig...
From paragraph 1 - "This apparently simple relation describes the food-chain pattern for cesium-137 quite adequately since uptake of cesium-137 by plants is negligible and dairy products and beef contribute most of the cesium 137 in the average US diet"
Beef - It'w what's NOT for dinner, LOL...
Nice post. More reason to
Nice post. More reason to avoid the brutally inhumane meat industry. One might be reasoned to be wary of those habitually consuming slaughtered animals reared in concentration camps.
Humans, by nature, are
Humans, by nature, are omnivores. Our bodies are built to feed on and
digest both animal flesh and vegetation. That doesn't mean that
they have to live their lives while suffering. There is no excuse for
keeping our food animals in miserable cramped conditions.
There is no excuse for them to have to die painful deaths. There are quick painless ways to put down ANY of our food Animals. These animals are going to provide us with nutrients and protein. The least we can do is treat them well while they are being raised.
Aeriellie: My fiance is omni
Aeriellie: My fiance is omni and he absolutely won’t give it up. He’s eating more vegan/vegetarian meals with me, but he won’t give up his meat, fish, dairy, and eggs. Since he still insists on eating meat, is it necessarily bad that I ask him to at least choose his meats from more humane sources?
M.W.O.A.I.: I’d say yes, unfortunately. It’s the whole “lesser of two evils” thing.
GuiltyofBeingTrite: Who cares? The cow was smiling the second before I decapitated it. Grr. With the happy meat argument, you can justify the death penalty as long as some body of people has determined the inmate was treated well. The problem I find with the whole concept is that being killed unnecessarily for food is inherently inhumane, so it offsets however they were treated before their death.
Tofulish: Happy meat = oxymoron. There is no way for animals to be killed, or milked, or used for eggs in a way that isn’t exploitative and cruel. Because at the base of it, their commodification means that we are assigning their value based on whats best for the consumer not what’s best for the animal.
buddhist cupcake: At least in my own personal realm of experiences, “happy meat” is not a stepping stone on the journey to veganism. It is a self-congratulating way of continuing a lifestyle that contributes to cruelty.
Adam Crisis: It’s honestly easier to just exclude everything than try to pick and choose.
Chatter710: There’s too much trouble involved trying to track down ‘humane’ farmers or whatever.