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5. The following link gives 49 specific reasons

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:00 AM

Jan 2013

http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm
**Pollution from untreated wastes - 130 times more than humans
**Animals at top of food chain - takes about 16 lbs of grains from plants to produce 1 lb of meat. So how are we going to feed 7 billion people?
**Requires 15 times more water than plants
**More greenhouse gases than than all transportation combined
**Major contributor to deforestation
**Tremendous of antibiotics given to cattle and preservatives added to meat end up in our bodies and the environment

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Has the UN issued a declaration to this effect? MADem Jan 2013 #1

I don't believe that I could ever go to a strict vegan diet. BlueMTexpat Jan 2013 #2

Neither can I. That's why I am a vegetarian. RebelOne Jan 2013 #14

I have problems with these numbers n/t dotymed Jan 2013 #3

So you got your facts from the supreme master? Confusious Jan 2013 #4

This was a United Nations report pathansen Jan 2013 #6

No, I watched the part about the UN report Confusious Jan 2013 #7

Well, you didn't watch all of it. She is on there pathansen Jan 2013 #17

The following link gives 49 specific reasons pathansen Jan 2013 #5

Your "facts" are misleading Confusious Jan 2013 #8

Waste. Why Syzygy Jan 2013 #9

What the World Needs Now, is Less Meat! No not just for some, but for everyone......... joanbarnes Jan 2013 #10

we evolved by eating meat, and our brains are made of fat Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #11

How about they lower the prices of veggies so we can save the world? socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #12

If we became vegetarians, we wouldn't need cows or pigs or chickens or turkeys. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #13

I have not eaten any meat for 15 years, RebelOne Jan 2013 #15

Yes, some people with Blood Type O, require more meat than others pathansen Jan 2013 #16