Anti-antibiotics

[Guest guest]

I saw a link on vegan.com to the Washington Post. They have an

article on WHO's recommendation to ban antibiotic use in animals (as

detrimental to human health, of course). If heeded, this ban won't

immediately alleviate animal suffereing and exploitation. However,

maybe the repercussions of this could be that meat prices will go up,

encouraging people to choose alternate foods? Here's the first

paragraph:

 

The World Health Organization will recommend today that nations phase

out the widespread and controversial use of antibiotic growth

promoters in animal feed, saying the move will help preserve the

effectiveness of antibiotics for medicine and can be done without

significant expense or health consequences to farm animals.

 

I'm sure this will be received with listening ears here in the U.S.

(insert sarcastic laugh!). No doubt the suggestions will hit the

meat industry's Kevlar-reinforced armor and bounce right off. I

don't know how much pull WHO has with the big industries or the

government. Can they make a mandate or only suggest?

 

Might be interesting to see what transpires.

[Guest guest]

Hi Doug

 

> I saw a link on vegan.com to the Washington Post. They have an > article on WHO's recommendation to ban antibiotic use in animals (as > detrimental to human health, of course). If heeded, this ban won't > immediately alleviate animal suffereing and exploitation. However, > maybe the repercussions of this could be that meat prices will go up, > encouraging people to choose alternate foods?

 

That would certainly be good. It really annoys me that the meat industry is so heavily subsidised (in the UK at least) - it bugs me that I am effectively paying meat farmers (through taxes) to produce something which I am completely morally opposed to. Anyway, my point being that it would be good for meat prices to rise so people start to consider other options.

 

BB

Peter

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Doug

 

It would be good if it put meat prices up.

 

Jo

 

 

I saw a link on vegan.com to the Washington Post. They have an article on WHO's recommendation to ban antibiotic use in animals (as detrimental to human health, of course). If heeded, this ban won't immediately alleviate animal suffereing and exploitation. However, maybe the repercussions of this could be that meat prices will go up,

 

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[Guest guest]

I don't belive WHO can mandate squat. And I am not so idealistic that I

think people will be so horrified at the stiff dose of antibiotics they get

every time they eat meat that they will stop. One of my coworkers is such a

meater that she wouldn't even consider ordering from a vegetarian

restaurant, even though the boss paid for it (monthly staff meeting). She

got Kentucky Fried Corpse instead. Her loss.

 

Danielle

 

 

 

Sure there's a light at the end of the tunnel...I just hope it isn't an

oncoming train!

 

 

 

 

 

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" Doug " <DougDuea1

 

 

Anti-antibiotics

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:51:26 -0000

 

I saw a link on vegan.com to the Washington Post. They have an

article on WHO's recommendation to ban antibiotic use in animals (as

detrimental to human health, of course). If heeded, this ban won't

immediately alleviate animal suffereing and exploitation. However,

maybe the repercussions of this could be that meat prices will go up,

encouraging people to choose alternate foods? Here's the first

paragraph:

 

The World Health Organization will recommend today that nations phase

out the widespread and controversial use of antibiotic growth

promoters in animal feed, saying the move will help preserve the

effectiveness of antibiotics for medicine and can be done without

significant expense or health consequences to farm animals.

 

I'm sure this will be received with listening ears here in the U.S.

(insert sarcastic laugh!). No doubt the suggestions will hit the

meat industry's Kevlar-reinforced armor and bounce right off. I

don't know how much pull WHO has with the big industries or the

government. Can they make a mandate or only suggest?

 

Might be interesting to see what transpires.

 

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