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In reply to the discussion: McDonald's drops use of gooey ammonia-based 'pink slime' in hamburger meat [View all]Rozlee
(2,529 posts)27. And oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are natural too.
But, at higher levels than we're adapted to, they're deadly to life on earth. Just see what happens when we get too much UV radiation from the destruction of the ozone. We're living longer and longer lives in the industrialized countries, but I can't help comparing them to the lives of people I've seen who are long-lived in third world countries. I think the only reason we're living so long is because we're full of preservatives. Our health and quality of life as we age are terrible.
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McDonald's drops use of gooey ammonia-based 'pink slime' in hamburger meat [View all]
Playinghardball
Jan 2012
OP
In the documentary "Food Inc.", they sprayed diseased meat with ammonia to kill microbes
Kolesar
Feb 2012
#19
I've noticed that hamburgers at fast food places just don't taste like meat anymore.
fasttense
Feb 2012
#21
That's like saying the tobacco industry removed one of the hundreds of chemicals from cigarettes.
onehandle
Feb 2012
#23
Every so often some halfwit takes it upon themselves to ruin McDonald's food
AngryAmish
Feb 2012
#30