--> Dangers to humans from feeding and processing practices were brought under great scrutiny with the 1996 outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in cattle in British beef herds. The popular press quickly labeled these disorders "mad cow disease." The disease causes the structure of brain tissue to change to a spongelike form and the condition is ultimately fatal. A similar disease, known as scrapie, is found in sheep, and variations have also been found in elk, mink, deer, and goats in both the United States and Canada. |  Some types of this bacteria class have been causing food poisoning, some of it fatal. factory farming and overuse of antibiotics are believed to be contributing to the problem of resistant and dangerous types of E. coli. ECZEMA • Inflammation of the skin. EDTA • See Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid. EFROTOMYCIN • An antibiotic to improve swine-feed efficiency. EGG • Particularly associated with eczema in children. May also cause reactions ranging from hives to anaphylaxis. Eggs may also be found in root beer, soups, sausage, coffee, and in cosmetics. |  After 15 years of deal ing with this crisis, scientists advising European governments have come to the conclusion that ending factory farming is the only way to eradicate the disease. One way to bring this about is to get involved politically. Support activist and consumer groups and vote for politicians whose priority is to stop the poisoning of ourselves and our planet.
SAFE AND UNSAFE SEAFOOD
The lists below, compiled by David Steinman, author of Diet for a Poisoned Planet, indicate the safest (green light) and the highest risk (red light) seafood choices. |  And HFA has led the charge against the factory farming of chickens, pigs, and other farm animals
I'd always figured that if I ever left HSUS, the Humane Farming Association would be the place I'd want to go. In contrast to my former employer, HFA's National Director Bradley Miller was eager to provide me the means to continue documenting slaughter violations. I was delighted and relieved to have found an organization that truly cared.
Miller is a very down-to-earth, no nonsense kind of guy. |  On October 17, 1997, the news programs and the newspapers made frequent mention of new evidence from three studies supervised by Sir Richard Doll, and originally published in the British Medical Journal, which purent time, he is researching organophosphate pesticides, factory farming, and the history of alternative cancer therapies in Britain. This article is reprinted with permission from The Ecologist, March/April 1998. ported to show that "passive smoking" caused lung cancer.1
That same day, in London's High Court, Mrs. |  Founded in 1972, CAST is funded by hundreds of companies invested in genetically-engineered foods, agricultural chemicals, food additives and corporate factory farming, including Dow, General Mills, Land O'Lakes, Ciba-Geigy, Archer Daniels Midland, Monsanto, Philip Morris, and Uniroyal.43 According to O'Dwyer's PR Services, Allen Finch personally works to establish CAST as "the source for public policy-makers and news media on environmental issues."44
CAST is a classic industry front group claiming "to provide current, unbiased scientific information concerning food and agriculture. |  What we know_
Organizations advocating the factory farming of livestock: Animal Industry Foundation, and their board of trustees, which includes the American Veal Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Chicken Council, National Milk Producers Council, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, United Egg Producers, U.S. | | Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)
Promotes more humane, safe, and sustainable methods of raising livestock and poultry; runs Food Safety and On-Farm programs. P. O. Box 14599, Chicago, IL 60614; 773-525-4952; www.fact.ee
Friends of Animals
Works to protect animals from cruelty, abuse, and institutionalized exploitation. 777 Past Road, Danen, CT 06820; 203-656-1522; www.friendsofanimals.org
The Fund for Animals
Protects wildlife and domestic animals through education, legislation, litigation, and hands-on care at several sanctuaries. 200 West 57th St., Ste. | |
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