the water we drink
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Silver Spring monkeys
Domitian, one of the Silver Spring
monkeys, in one of the images
distributed by PETA to newspapers
Were seventeen macaquemonkeys native to Thailand
Experiment conducted by
Edward Taub
Living conditions
The smell filth, faeces rust
their lives limited to metal
boxes just 17 inches wide
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Condition of the monkeys
Several had bitten off their own
fingers, 39 of their fingers
missing.
Lacerations or self-amputationinjuries were never cleaned.
Discoloured, exposed muscle
tissue on their arms.
Two monkeys had bones
protruding through their flesh.
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Wool, Fur, and Leather: Hazardous tothe Environment
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Fur
Processed in China, where environmental regulations are often
ignored.
According to Professor Cheng Fengxia of Shaanxi University of
Science and Technology, Pollution caused by inappropriateprocessing, especially colouring the fur, has become a headache
Each mink skinned by fur farmers produces about 44 pounds of
feces in his or her lifetime. That adds up to 1 million pounds of
feces produced annually by U.S. mink farms alone.
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Water Pollution
Waste from fur farms is poisoning our waterways.
One dangerous component of this waste is nearly 1,000 tons of
phosphorus
In December 1999, the Washington State Department of Ecology fined
one mink farmer $24,000 -the fecal coli form levels measured in the water
were as much as 5,000 times in excess of the legal limit.
Nitrates, phosphates and other substances running off with rainwater or
seeping into aquifers and polluting local water supplies are increasing
The EPA has also filed complaints against companies for illegally
generating and disposing of hazardous waste from the processing of pelts.
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Air Pollution In Denmark, where more than 2 million minks are killed for their
fur annually, more than 8,000 pounds of ammonia is released intothe atmosphere each year.
Furs loaded with chemicals to keep them from decomposing in the
buyer's closet.
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Energy
Producing a fur coat from ranch-raised animals takes more than 15
times as much energy as does producing a faux-fur coat.
Various saltsalong with ammonia, formaldehyde, hydrogen
peroxide, and other chromates and bleaching agentsare used to
preserve and dye fur.
Furriers claim that the carcasses from animals skinned for their pelts
are used for animal feed, but often they are simply dumped into
landfills.
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How Leather Production Harms theEnvironment
Now more dangerous substances,
including mineral salts, formaldehyde,
coal-tar derivatives, and various oils,
dyes, and finishessome of them
cyanide-based.
Most leather is chrome-tanned.
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The waste from tanneries of
pollutants, including protein, hair,
salt, lime sludge, sulfides, and
acids.
A chrome-tanning facility wastes
nearly 15,000 gallons of waterand produces up to 2,200 pounds
of solid waste for every ton of
hides that it processes.
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Leather tanning generates 800,000 tons of chrome shavings
annually.
Groundwater near tanneries with highly elevated levels of a
variety of toxic substances.
The Regis Tanning Co.,groundwater samples- arsenic, chromium,
lead, and zinc
More than 500 tanneries in three districts of India were chargedwith polluting some 16,000 hectares of agricultural land and
contributing to drought conditions.
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How Wool Production Harms theEnvironment
Land cleared led to increased soil salinity, erosion, and
decreased biodiversity.
Oxford researchers studying land degradation in Karoo, South
Africa, farmed animals, especially sheep, were responsible for anunfavorable change in vegetation and erosion that led to the
formation of badlands and gully systems.
Patagonia, Argentina- Soil deterioration in the region triggered
a desertification .
More than 50 million acres in one province alone has been
irrevocably damaged because of overstocking.
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Consume huge amounts of water, chemicals used for wool production can
pollute existing water supplies as well.
More than 14,000 pounds of insecticides were applied to sheep in the U.S. alone
in 2000.
Manure generated -contributed to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse
gasses over the last 250 years
The concentration of methane has shot up by more than 130 percent worldwide
In New Zealand, methane emissions coming from grazing animals such as sheep
constitute about half of the nations greenhouse-gas emissions.
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THE WATER WE DRINK
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Millions of pounds of excrement and otherbodily waste produced by farmed animals.
-Lagoons often seep or spill into surrounding
waterways
-The EPA reports that chicken, hog, and
cattle excrement has polluted 35,000 miles
of rivers in 22 states and contaminated
groundwater in 17 states.
-In West Virginia and Maryland, scientists
have discovered that male fish are growing
ovaries
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THE AIR WE BREATHE
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A Consumers Union study in Texas found that animal feedlotsin the state produce more than 14 million pounds of
particulate dust every year
- People who live nearby are forced to inhale the toxins and
pathogens
- Global warming has been called humankind's "greatest
challenge"
- Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide together cause
the vast majority of global warming.
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CARBON DIOXIDE
- Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, the primary gas
responsible for global warming.
- enormous amounts of carbon dioxide stored in trees are
released during the destruction of vast acres of forest
- a vegan is responsible for the release of approximately 1.5fewer tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year
than is a meat-eater.
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METHANE
The billions of chickens, turkeys,
pigs, and cows who are crammed into
factory farms each year in the U.S.
Scientists report that every pound
of methane is more than 20 times as
effective as carbon dioxide.
NITROUS OXIDE
Nitrous oxide is about 300 times more
potent as a global warming gas than
carbon dioxide.
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Eating less meat could cut climatecosts
Cutting back on beef burgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion
off the cost of fighting climate change.
Reducing our intake of beef and pork would lead to the
creation of a huge new carbon sink, as vegetation would thrive
on unused farmland.
Millions of tonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would
also be saved every year due to reduced emissions from farms
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Japanese researchers found thata kilogram of beef is responsible formore greenhouse gas emissions(GGE) and other pollution thandriving a car for three hours whileleaving all the lights on at home.
According to the New Scientist, akilogram of beef is thereforeresponsible for the equivalent of the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted bythe average European car every250km, and burns enough energy tolight a 100 watt light bulb for almost20 days.
The researchers from the NationalInstitute of Livestock and GrasslandScience in Tsukuba, Japan, foundthat most of the GGE were frommethane emitted by the cows, whiletheir waste primarily produced the
acid and fertilizing substances.
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According to a 2006 report by the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), our diets and, specifically, the
meat in them cause more greenhouse gases carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and the like to spew into the
atmosphere than either transportation or industry.
The FAO report found that current production levels of meat
contribute between 14 and 22 percent of the 36 billion tons of
"CO2-equivalent" greenhouse gases the world produces every
year
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Beef production generates greenhouse gases that contribute more
than 13 times as much to global warming as do the gases emitted
from producing chicken.
Beef consumption is rising rapidly, both as population increases
and as people eat more meat.
Producing the annual beef diet of the average American emits as
much greenhouse gas as a car driven more than 1,800 miles.
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USING UPRESOURCES
According to the United Nations, raising animals for food
(including land used for grazing and land used to grow feed crops)
now uses a staggering 30 percent of the Earth's land mass.
It takes more than 11 times as much fossil fuel to make one
calorie from animal protein as it does to make one calorie from
plant protein. Raising animals for food gobbles up precious
energy.
Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80 percent is used to raise
animals for food and grow grain to feed them.
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In the finishing phase alone, in which pigs grow from 100 pounds to
240 pounds, each hog consumes more than 500 pounds of grain,
corn, and soybeans; this means that across the U.S., pigs eat tens of
millions of tons of feed every year.
Chickens, pigs, cattle, and other animals raised for food are the
primary consumers of water in the U.S.: a single pig consumes 21
gallons of drinking water per day, while a cow on a dairy farm drinks
as much as 50 gallons daily.
It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of cow
flesh, whereas it takes about 180 gallons of water to make 1 pound of
whole wheat flour.
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Therefore