Meat Eaters Endanger Everyone’s Health

Experts suspect that the outbreak originated on a pig farm operated by Granjas Carroll, a Mexican subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the United States....

30/04/09

...Unfortunately, vegans aren’t immune to swine flu. From what I understand, the disease can spread from person to person, just like the common cold. Health authorities have been quick to point out that people can’t get swine flu from eating pork anyway (something I’m skeptical about).

But the disease came about because pigs are intensively farmed so that people can have pork. Factory farms are total disease reservoirs. The filthy, crowded conditions and deplorable practices have not only given rise to swine flu, but also to bird flu, mad cow disease, and MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus bacterium that kills more Americans than AIDS.

People don’t “just” hurt animals, the environment, and their own health by eating meat...they put other people’s health at risk too........

Source: Meat Eaters Endanger Everyone’s Health

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