Animal Consumption By The Human Race

The article “Not in my fridge” by Jeffery M. Smith elaborately discussed the health hazards of genetically modified (GM) products. This article has opened my eyes and revealed my ignorance of how unmindful of what I have eaten for years. I was very alarmed by many of the things I have learned in this article. After learning the side-effect of GM food, I was certainly concerned for our health. Moreover, learning that the biotech company’s strong stand in advocate of GM products as well as the United States governments and the Food and Drug administration (FDA) cover up of serious safety issues of GM highly disturbed me.

For example, in the 1990s, there was a food scare, called Alar. “Alar was a chemical conventional growers sprayed on apples to help them ripen. In 1990 the Environmental Protection Agency found that Alar could cause cancer” (Pollan, 2009, p. 117). Since the EPA found that Alar could cause cancer, the was a huge jump in the demand for organic foods. In the book, Omnivore's Dilemma, it states, “According to the book Omnivore's Dilemma, it states,¨In a shed attached to the mill sit vat of liquid vitamins. Beside them are fifty-pound sacks of antibiotic drugs¨ (p.55). Industrial farmers who raise cattle, use antibiotics and other medications to make their cows grow faster and fatter. In conclusion, industrial organic is better for your family because there aren’t harmful chemicals like Alar, being used to produce your crops. Also, the farmers don't feed the animals medications and drugs to make them grow fat. They use organic feds which are better for the animals and resulting in a better tasting

“Eating Animals” is written by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book was published on November 2, 2009. Jonathan Safran Foer is an American writer who is known for his novel, “Everything Is Illuminated”. In this book, Jonathan believes that those who eat meat are involved in the most horrifying crimes committed against animals. Foer Cleary admires his grandmother, who believes that you can never have too much food. Throughout the book, Foer also describes his grandmother’s favorite dish, chicken with carrots, even though he is a vegetarian. Foer cannot eat something that seems to cause him some distress. Throughout the book, Foer presents the conflict between cultural traditions involving meat traditions he wishes to share and his views as a vegetarian himself. Anyone who is a meat eater or even an animal lover, this is a must read book. This book is written with clarity, force and passion that will lead anyone to think carefully about eating animals and where it comes from.

Eating animals is normal for any carnivore, but abuse to these animals is unacceptable. There are religions and traditions when it comes to eating and killing animals, usually to be viewed sacred and not like they are nothing. Humans have morals and traditions that separate barriers with farm animals and pets.

The concerns regarding the health risks of the genetically engineered food came to light in the early 1990s. At this point, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was tasked with advising the public and the public regarding the health risks of GMO foods. However, the White House was bent on promoting the GMO foods and thus staged a conspiracy for FDA to falsify the information and claim that GMO was similar to conventional foods pertaining the health standards (Smith, 2007). This was contrary to the suggestions by many FDA scientists that GMO foods could be having serious health risks that could not be easily detected and thus called for further research in future. Afterward, the biotech companies were found guilty of hiding very vital information regarding the health impact of GMO foods. The health concerns were based on the fact that GMO foods had traces of bacteria and viruses forced into their DNA something that has never been in the human food supply (Swanson, 2014). The research that followed should that GMOs poses huge risks to the health of the consumers including allergies, toxins, nutritional problems, and new diseases. Some of the health conditions correlated with the GMOs is the autism.

Farmers are using growth hormones in cattle to increase growth on beef cattle and to increase the milk production of dairy cows. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA), is showing utilitarianism, they say the use of these growth hormones is safe and it helps to provide enough food and milk for today’s society, even though, it poses certain health risks to our families and children around the globe (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, n.d.). Due to the hormones being passed through the milk, the risks consists of early puberty in our children and cancer (prostrate, breast, ovarian, and uterine) due to the fast growth of cells. The FDA is showing an extreme form of duty, Kantian, to the people by allowing this to happen. Not only do these hormones affect humans they also affect the cow. These cows are having their right to live a happy and healthy life invaded. Many cows tend to develop mastitis due to the aggressive milk production and then have to be treated with antibiotics, which also tend to pass through milk, this increases the tolerance towards drugs in consumers which could definitely be another health risk. A study in 2010 was conducted in Japan and found when men started to drink milk that had come from a cow that had used growth hormones, their testosterone levels had decreased due to the increase of estrogen levels in the milk. The they took a look at people in

Today, the food industry has not just altered the American diet, but it has also had a negative effect within the labor sector as well as the animals meant for consumption and the lack of government oversight. Eric Schlosser in Fast Food Nation, and Jonathan Foer in Eating Animals, illustrate the mistreatment of labor workers as well as the animal abuse that goes unseen within the food industry. Foer gives such examples of employees who work in slaughterhouses giving accounts of what goes on in the kill floors, and stories of employees who have witnessed thousands and thousands of cows going through the slaughter process alive (231). Eating meat does not have to be so inhumane for example, Foer quotes Frank Reese, who does not permit inhumane practices on his ranch that are cruel, and Reese believes that there are other ways of having a sustainable humane animal agriculture instead of the methods of the large corporate meat industry (238). Namit Arora in the article “On Eating Animals”, as well as Michael Pollan in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, address some of the issues that animals face once they hit the kill floor. The food industry has transformed not only what people eat, but how the government has neglected the issues of the wellbeing of labor workers and the animals that are processed for consumption.

Most Americans are aware of global warming, cancer, heart disease and the fact that the earth’s supply of good water is diminishing. In an effort to conserve our planet people drive hybrid cars, recycle, and use low energy light bulbs and appliances, which is great. However, most Americans are unaware and uninformed about how meat effects global warming, our health, and how much of our planet’s water and resources meat production consumes. Meat contributes to global warming, increases risk for cancer, causes heart disease and uses a tremendous amount of resources to produce, therefore people need to be informed about what they are eating through food labeling and Surgeon General warnings, as well as

It is by no means an accident, that the FDA’s deputy commissioner is responsible for food safety, Michael R. Taylor, is a former Monsanto Vice President. This explains why the biotech industry has been able to control the lab test and

For the past two decades animal farming has developed into an industrial operation of raising animals for human consumption (Rise of Factory Farms, 2015 Edition). Factory farming confines livestock (cows, hogs, and chickens) in tightly packed facilities with the focus on maximizing economic return. Today there are four meat packers that monopolize the industry. These four companies, Tyson, Smitfield Foods, JBS, and Cargill, control about 85 percent of the American beef industry (How 4 companies control almost all the meat you eat, 2014). This dominance in the industry affects the pricing, production, laws, and quality of the meat that is consumed. Also, majority of small and medium farms are disappearing due to the dominance of these major corporations.

We are in a very serious situation, when it comes to problems with food. You and I both know that Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) is (and always will be) experimental, in this kind of circumstance. We don’t have all of the facts. We make several decisions without getting the low-down on the effects of BGH. I feel that we need to get the FDA involved in greater ways. Because that’s the only way that we’ll be safe, in the future. The fact is, any body who has farther evidence that supports the use of BGH needs to get the facts. Personally, I just think that BGH should be

The majority of individuals in this contention believes that GMO’s/GE’s not only undermines our health, but all around hazardous. Anti-GMO groups mention numerous reasons for their conviction, one of which happened when Showa Denko, created a GE brand of L-tryptophan in 1989. This supplement not only killed 37 individuals, but left over 5,000 others permanently disabled or with enosinophilia myagia syndrome. Later in 1994, the FDA approved a GE hormone called rBGH, by Monsanto. Scientists tried to warn the FDA that cows with elevated levels of a hormone, called Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF-1) and injected with rBGH, could cause various types of cancers. It was not till 1998, when the drug then became banned. These groups not only believe that GMO/GE crops

Explain Tom Regan 's positions on the use of animals for food and scientific experimentation. What moral principle does he draw upon to support those positions? Explain his reasoning as he applies the principle to cases involving animals. How does his approach to animal welfare differ from Peter Singer 's?

In “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable,” Gary Steiner argues against the eating, or using, of animals and animal products. Steiner is the author of multiple books on topics similar to this, and a dedicated vegan of fifteen years at the time of this article. The author begins with an allusion to the recent outcries for the humane treatment of animals being raised for food. However, he points out, no one seems to be concerned about the animals being slaughtered, merely that they were not abused beforehand. Steiner then goes on to explain the two main

Furthermore, GMO companies have not conducted proper studies sufficient enough to prove their safety for human consumption. Goodman reveals in “Independent Health Risk Studies” that companies conduct heavily biased studies and ignore the findings of independent researchers if their evidence is contradictory towards the companies’ products. “Summary data from a 90-day rat feeding study revealed to European regulators raised concerns, prompt­ing requests for release of the full study, which had been conducted by Monsanto. The company refused to comply, acceding only a year later upon order of a German court” (Goodman). Monsanto is a dominant supplier in the GMO market, and their refusal to release a full health study to the public is questionable as to what the true results were. Only upon order of the German government did they finally give up the results of the study, which showed an elevated white blood cell count and lower kidney weights in rats fed GMO corn compared to rats fed normal corn.