[SouthBayVeggies] Fw: It's the Meat, Stupid

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Hello,

 

The link didn't come through for me. Here is a link to the petition so

you won't have to search for it:

 

http://support.pcrm.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hhs_fda_petition08 & autologin=tr\

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-Dan

 

 

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Doris Sarni <dsarni wrote:

> Hi veggie friends,

> Please sign the petition so that the *true* source of Salmonella can be

determined - the overproduction of animals for food. Their feces get into the

water and then the soil. That's how plants are affected. Salmonella live in

the digestive tract of animals, not plants.

>

> Thanks,

> Doris

> ----- Forwarded Message ----

> " PCRM President Neal Barnard, M.D. " <neal-barnard

> dsarni

> Friday, July 25, 2008 12:30:55 PM

> It's the Meat, Stupid

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> DONATE SIGN THE PETITON TELL A FRIEND

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> SIGN THE PETITION

> AND TELL A FRIEND

> Dear Dr. Sarni,

> During the current salmonella outbreak, the Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration, an agency within HHS, have

focused Americans' attention first on tomatoes and now on jalapeño peppers as a

likely source of the infectious bacteria. However, contaminated produce is only

the last link in a chain that begins with the meat industry. It is essential for

consumers to know that burgeoning meat consumption has caused a massive

overproduction of chickens, cows, pigs, and other animals, leading to

unprecedented production of feces that end up in rivers, streams, and irrigation

water, and contaminate otherwise healthful produce.

> Salmonella are intestinal organisms. Needless to say, tomatoes and peppers do

not have an intestinal tract. When feces end up in irrigation water, salmonella

can contaminate the surfaces of plants and can apparently pass into their

rootlets, ending up inside produce. Infectious bacteria from animal feces also

contaminate agricultural fields, workers' hands, retail shelves, and kitchen

surfaces.

> Join PCRM in calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to

investigate the source of the contamination—the root of the problem lies in the

meat industry! We need your help today. Click here to sign our petition and add

your name to our list of outraged citizens. Help us provide a wake up call to

HHS and demand it starts protecting our food supply.

> Best regards,

>

> Neal Barnard, M.D.

> PCRM President

> Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

> 5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Ste. 400

> Washington, DC 20016 Phone: 202-686-2210

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