THE GREAT AMERICAN MEATOUT 2001

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" THE GREAT AMERICAN MEATOUT 2001 "

 

POISED TO LIMIT DAMAGE FROM

MAD COW DISEASE.

 

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Laurelee Blanchard <laurelee

Monday, February 05, 2001 9:41 AM

MEATOUT 2001 Poised to Limit BSE Damage

 

 

FOR RELEASE ON 2/5/01 CONTACT:

Laurelee Blanchard, Tel: 808-575-7694

 

MEATOUT 2001 POISED TO LIMIT DAMAGE FROM

MAD COW DISEASE

 

MEATOUT 2001, the world's largest annual grassroots diet education

campaign, is poised to limit damage from the " Mad Cow " disease by

advising consumers to shun meat and other infected animal products

in favor of vegetables, fruits, and grains.

 

Five years ago, on Meatout day (March 20, 1996), British Health Minister

Stephen Dorrell officially announced that " Mad Cow " disease, or BSE

(bovine spongiform encephalopathy), was indeed linked to the deadly

human dementia known as CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). The

announcement followed repeated government denials of consumer

activists' claims that the diseases were indeed linked.

 

Scientists widely expect that, on or about this year's Meatout day

(March 20, 2001), US authorities will be forced to admit that BSE and

CJD have afflicted US cattle and beef consum-ers, despite repeated

assurances to the contrary. All indicators point in this direction:

 

 

* The government's denials that the diseases exist in the US are

grounded in its failure to autopsy the brains of a significant fraction

of the 40 million cattle killed annually and of the thousands of

consumers who die of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of

dementia with CJD-like symptoms. No other reliable test for

BSE or CJD exists.

 

* The government's 1997 ban of imports of European beef and

beef products came too late, as both diseases were already well

established in Europe by then.

 

* The government's ban of animal body parts in cattle feed a couple of

months ago was too little: a FDA survey found that hundreds of feed

manufacturers violate the ban.

 

 

>From humble beginnings in 1985, the Great American Meatout has grown

explosively to involve thou-sands of consumer, environment, and animal

protection advocates in over 2,000 communities and all 50 states. They

arrange educational events, ranging from simple exhibits and information

tables ('steakouts') to cooking demonstrations, public dinners, and

colorful 'lifestivals.' They ask their friends and neighbors to

 

" kick the meat habit on March 20 (first day of spring),

at least for a day, and to explore a more wholesome,

less violent diet of vegetables, fruits, and grains. "

 

Meatout draws massive support from consumer, environment, and animal

protection advocates, and from public officials, health care providers,

meatless food manufacturers, educators, mass media, and other opinion

leaders. They believe that consumers are entitled to a national

response to the relentless barrage of meat industry propaganda in the

schools, in the media, and in the streets.

 

This year's headliners include television and film stars

Casey Kasem, Mary Tyler-Moore, Ed Asner,

Rue McClanahan, James Cromwell, Jennie Garth, and

Bill Maher.

 

Nearly 40 governors and mayors are expected to issue

special proclamations.

 

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Let's make Meatout 2001 and Animal Rights 2001 truly millennium events.

http://www.meatout.org, Tel: 1-800-MEATOUT (1-800-632-8688).

http://www.animalrights2001.org, 1-888-FARMUSA (1-888-327-6872)

 

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@@@ NOTE:

 

Dear Friend,

Please contact FARM how to campaign in your neighborhood,

Please don't forget contact your " Local Media Contact " .

You may also invite your Governor, local City Mayor ,the Head

of your City and/or State Health Department to join your most

meaningful national health festival and event

" Great American Meatout 2001 " on March 20, 2001.

Please always keep good contact with those important people.

To search their info , can be easily found from :

 

http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm

 

thanks.

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