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Dr. Jai Maharaj[_2_]

Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
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> > > Meat is Horrible
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> > > Hinduism Today Magazine, hinduismtoday.com
> > > July 10, 2016
> > >
> > > Source -
> > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
> > >
> > > USA, July 10, 2016 (by Rachel Premack, Washington Post): It may be
> > > delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red
> > > meat, is just a disaster for the environment -- and not so great for human
> > > beings, too. By 2050, scientists forecast that emissions from agriculture
> > > alone will account for how much carbon dioxide the world can use to avoid
> > > catastrophic global warming. It already accounts for one-third of emissions
> > > today -- and half of that comes from livestock. That's a driving reason why
> > > members of a United Nations panel last month urged its environmental
> > > assembly to consider recommending a tax on meat producers and sellers. By
> > > raising the cost of buying meat, it would ultimately aim to reduce
> > > production and the demand for it.
> > >
> > > Maarten Hajer, professor at the Netherlands Utrecht University, led the
> > > environment and food report that recommended the meat tax. "All of the
> > > harmful effects on the environment and on health needs to be priced into
> > > food products," said Hajer, who is a member of U.N.'s International
> > > Resource Panel, which comprises 34 top scientists and 30 governments. "I
> > > think it is extremely urgent." But, he added, "Food is very political. In
> > > countries where meat is a cultural mainstay and income inequality already
> > > breeds a lack of food access, it could be a difficult argument. But,
> > > governments must soon move to limit major carbon producers, Hajer said.
> > > Food companies will naturally be part of that.
> > >
> > > The idea of a meat tax has developed over the past 25 years as a
> > > "completely obvious" measure to economists and environmentalists, Hajer
> > > said, as knowledge of the environmental toll of meat emerged. Agriculture
> > > consumes 80 percent of water in the United States. For a kilogram of red
> > > meat, you need considerably more water than for plant products. Governments
> > > are starting to take notice. China, which consumes half of the world's pork
> > > and more than a quarter of its overall meat, announced new dietary
> > > guidelines last week that advises the average citizen to reduce their meat
> > > consumption by one-half.
> > >
> > > Denmark went a little further in May. The Danish government is considering
> > > a recommendation from its ethics council that all red meats should be
> > > taxed. Red meat accounts for 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions,
> > > and the council argued that Danes were "ethically obliged" to reduce their
> > > consumption. Countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland have
> > > dramatically reduced their agricultural carbon output, as much as a half.
> > > But countries that are expanding their meat-lovers' impulses are doing so
> > > at much larger jumps. Brazil's carbon output from food production has
> > > increased by 47 percent from 2000 to 2012 -- that's an increase of 150
> > > million tons of carbon dioxide. In China, a 35-percent jump from 1994 to
> > > 2005 means 220 million more tons of carbon dioxide.
> > >
> > > Much of that is meat production, which contributes an estimated 14.5
> > > percent to annual greenhouse gas emissions. That's more than emissions from
> > > every car, train, ship and airplane combined. Of that, 65 percent is
> > > enteric fermentation [google it] and manure, according to a 2014 Chatham
> > > House analysis. Feed constitutes one-fifth of that, followed by land-use
> > > change, energy use and post-farm activities. Along with a tax, a meat
> > > cutback could be achieved by making plant-based diets more appealing and
> > > less expensive. People in the West often think that vegetarianism is a diet
> > > for wealthier folks, Wellesley said. The United States could slash its
> > > health-care spending the most by phasing out meat for vegetables.
> > >
> > > For much more, go to source -
> > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
> > >
> > > http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-n...ble/15240.html
> > >
> > > More at:
> > >
> > > Hinduism Today Magazine
> > > http://www.hinduismtoday.com
> >
> > The Meat-Free Life
> >
> > http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules...hp?itemid=3886
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> Vegan vs. Vegetarian Diets: How Each Will Impact Your Health
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> Medical Daily, medicaldaily.com
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> http://www.medicaldaily.com/vegan-vs...-health-329300

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