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"You can always tell the pioneers ... by the arrows in their backs"

TOXIN by Robin Cook (Mystery)
Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook--master of medical mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy comas--returns with an all too likely villain drawn right from current headlines: the American meat industry. If you've ever wondered where the E. coli bacteria comes from, and exactly how it can ravage the human body, destroying everything in its path, this is the book for you.

Movie quote: "...and here is a little advice—don't eat at a restaurant located next to a pound..." - Robin Williams as Adrian Kronower, in "Good Morning, Vietnam"

There are plenty of sites on the internet to gross out you and your friends on the subject of animal cruelty as a basis for a vegetarian diet. There are also numerous sites on food cleanliness as a basis for a vegetarian diet (remember mad cow disease, where they were grinding up the carcasses of diseased cows and supplementing their cattle feed with it?) If you just insist on knowing this stuff, try these sites:

This is a terrific resource for anyone interested in animal rights. Plenty of links.

The transformation of animals into food
If you have a heart, I guarantee this site will put you off wanting to eat any more animals.
CAUTION -- extremely harsh photos.

Non-Movie quote: "Slaughterhouses should be in restaurants and grocery stores. They should have a glass wall so people must see the animals and choose. Look into the animal’s eyes and say, “OK, slit his throat.”"

Ingrid Newkirk
co-founder of PeTA

Peta has done more, in my opinion, to stop animal cruelty than any other organization I know of. Their website has plenty of links to gross you out -- lots of pictures (or links to pictures) of puppy mills, dolphins caught in tuna nets and trainers beating orangutans and elephants. If you want some cruelty-free ammo, this is the place to get it. Gross images

PUPPY BURERS? And just remember that because something is gross to one culture does not mean it's gross to another. In America, we think it's the grossest possible thing to grind up our pets and have puppy burgers, but in other cultures, it's considered a normal part of their carnivorous diet. In America, we think it's perfectly fine to grind up cows for our food, but in India (where cows are considered sacred) it's the worst possible afront to God.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

Very interesting topic to explore. Food scientists are messing around with our food in a major and bizarre way...like adding fish genes to our strawberries. What! True. Check out these sites to learn more.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature...

Stop genetically engineered food, label ge food
Thanks to Sustain for graphic

Sustain - The Environmental Information Group

PureFood Org - Organic Consumers Association

The Turning Point Project

The Center for Food Safety

Friends of the Earth

Here is a partial list of GM foods:

Fritos Corn Chips Bravos Tortilla Chips Kellogg's Corn Flakes Total Corn Flakes Blue Morning cereal Heinz 2 Baby Cereal Enfamil Prosobee Soy Formula Similac Isomil Soy Formula Carnation Alsoy Infant Formula Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Snackwell's Granola Bars Duncan Hines Cake Mix Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Coca Cola Nestle's Chocolate NutraSweet (aspartame) Karo Corn Syrup	Quick Loaf Bread Mix Ultra Slim fast Quaker Yellow Corn Meal Light Life Gimme Lean Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix Land 'O Lakes Butter Cabot Creamery Butter Fleishmann's Margarine Gardenburgers Boca Burger Chef Max Favorite Morning Star Farms Better 'n Burgers Green Giant Harvest Burgers McDonald's McVeggie Burger McDonald's French Fries Kraft Salad Dressings Ovaltine Malt Powdered Mix Old El Paso Taco Shells
(Sources: Consumer Reports, Sept. 1999; Peak & Prairie Dec. 1999 - Jan. 2000; News on Earth, Dec. 1998)
TIP: Experts estimate that up to 70% of the food products sold in the U.S. may contain some genetically modified ingredients. To keep your diet clear of them, stick to an organic regimen. At this point, organic foods have not been genetically modified. Until labeling of GM foods is required, eating an organic diet is the only way to ensure that your food won't eat you before you eat it.

This book should totally gross you out. British artist and author, Sue Coe, makes her point in a brutal way. Dead Meat is a disturbing visual record of Coe's visits to 40 slaughterhouses, cattle ranches, and hatcheries to document the grisly practices of the meat-packing industry. Although she was not allowed to photograph on the premises, she was permitted to draw and sketch, and much of this work is jarringly graphic.

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