101 reasons why I'm a vegetarian by Rice, Pamela, 1955- instant download

101 reasons why I'm a vegetarian by Rice, Pamela, 1955- instant download

xvii, 253 pages ; 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Gratifying consumers : packages of woe -- Vegetarian heart : sound advice for your ticker -- Extreme manure : the excrement files -- Troubled waters : oceans in peril -- Legal disconnect : farmed animals forgotten -- Contaminant magnetism : meat-microbe attraction -- Oink! : modern pig life -- World water III : tapping out -- Epidemiologically speaking : the Chinese vindicator -- Low rungs : meat's laborers -- Hunger/meat connection : it cuts like a scythe -- Almost human : animal intelligence and emotion -- Nitrogen elixir : petrochemical treadmill -- Genetic integrity : the animals' ultimate sacrifice -- Overkill : the cull of the innocent -- Cancer connection : the \"big C\" and meat -- Prescription contamination : animals on drugs -- Pandemic in the making : farmed animal/influenza connection -- Indispensable fiber : found only in plants -- Fossil fuel alchemy : the oil in your meat -- Fatal entanglements : dredgers, longlines, and driftnets -- Swallow this : marketing to the minions -- Nagging conditions : above the belt -- Nagging conditions : below the belt -- Modern mutant : E. coli O157:H7 -- A big problem : the vegetarian solution -- Desertification : how dry we're getting -- Habit forming : antibiotics on the farm -- Toxic trickle : killing us softly -- Cluck! : modern broiler life -- Biosecurity : a-scrubbing and a-scraping we will go -- BSE : the cows are mad as hell -- Number's up : cholesterol and blood pressure readings -- Row upon row : amber waves of feed -- Meat and poultry inspection : where are we now? -- Franken-farmyard : the freaks are here -- Roots to nuts : new four food groups -- Feces fiasco : operation contaminated chicken -- Blue pastures : aquaculture's floating feedlots -- The slurry slope : the cow in your asphalt -- Large-mammal slaughter : inexact at any speed -- CAFO in town : gagging for sanity -- Dairy, be wary : losing tolerance for milk -- Pork for pork…