Meat Consumption Bad For Environment?
By: Web Producer
Updated: September 13, 2007
Scientists Say Excessive Meat Consumption Bad For Environment
(London) -- Scientists say eating too much red meat is bad for your health and the environment.
In the journal "Lancet," Tony McMichael and John Powles say worldwide meat consumption could be realistically cut down by ten-percent.
That would help combat global warming and reduce health risks associated with excessive red meat consumption.
Agricultural activity around the globe currently makes up a fifth of all greenhouse-gas emissions.
Livestock production makes a significant impact because of the large amounts of methane that is released when cows burp.
(Copyright 2007 by Newsroom Solutions/Regional News Service)
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