The Meaty Truth (32 page)

cauliflower,
152

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

antibiotics, inaction on,
58

antibiotics, warnings,
62
,
126

food-bourne outbreaks, ignorance,
74

lifestyle diseases,
49

salmonella
poisoning,
80

Center for Science in the Public Interest,
59
,
60
–
61

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
49

CERLCA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act),
20

cesspools.
see
manure

chard,
152

check-off programs,
126
–
27

cheese.
see
dairy

Cheese Institute, National,
114

Chesapeake Bay,
19
,
113

Chicken Council, National,
69
,
128
–
29

Chicken Pot Pie recipe,
166
–
67

chickens.
see also
eggs; meat; turkeys

antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
60

arsenic used on,
66
,
67
,
110

bailout,
128
–
29

consumption of, high,
79

factory farms, treatment in,
9
–
10

fecal contamination,
73
–
74
,
79

health costs from,
125

inspection standards,
88

salmonella
in,
72
,
79
–
81
,
82

UTIs from
E. Coli
in,
78
–
79

children’s lunches.
see
school lunches

China,
10
,
46
,
138
,
140

The China Study
(Campbell),
103
,
149

chlorine gas,
55

chlortetracycline,
62

Chocolate Cake recipe,
173
–
74

cholesterol,
38
,
99

chronic diseases,
33
–
34

cigarettes,
49

cinnamon,
152

Clean Air Act,
111

Clean Water Act,
25
,
30
–
31
,
111
,
113
,
132

climate change,
140
–
41
,
145
–
46

Coca-Cola,
48

Cohen, Robert,
103

colibacillosis,
78
–
79

collard greens,
103
,
152

college students, eating habits,
154
–
55

colon cancer,
96

Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs,
46

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLCA),
20

ConAgra Foods.
see
school lunches,
48
,
114

concentrated animal feeding operations.
see
factory farms

Congress,
111
–
13

Consumer Reports,
61
,
72
,
79

copper,
55
,
56

corn,
7

Cornell University,
36

costs, external

environmental costs,
129
,
130
–
31
,
132
–
33
,
133
–
35

health costs,
124
,
124
–
26
,
131
–
32
,
133
–
35

marketing,
128

meat and dairy industry,
121
–
23
,
123
–
24
,
133
–
35

property values,
131

Cottage Pie recipe,
167
–
69

Council on Environmental Quality,
28
–
29

Couric, Katie,
42

cows.
see also
dairy; meat

chicken feces, fed to,
83

costs, external,
122

factory farms, treatment in,
11
,
11
–
12
,
93

farts,
145
–
46

growth hormones,
94
–
95

inspection, minimal,
107
–
8

pink slime,
53
–
54

ractopamine used on,
64

recalls,
108
–
9
,
119

salmonella
in,
72
,
81

Curry Stew recipe,
169
–
170

D

dairy.
see also
cows; milk

acne from,
100

addictive,
153

calcium myth,
102
–
3

cancer,
40
,
41
,
101

consumption of, high,
91

costs, external,
121
–
23
,
123
–
24
,
133
–
35

diabetes,
43

dioxins in,
68

health claims,
98

health problems,
98
–
99

heart disease,
38
,
39
,
99
–
100

inflammatory,
35

lobbyists,
46
–
50

longevity and,
46

marketing,
126
–
28

subsidies,
96
–
97

substitutes,
153
–
54

unnecessary, nutritionally,
34
–
37
,
43
–
44

Dairy Association,
69

Dairy Board,
127

Dairy Council,
126
–
27

Dairy Council, National,
48
,
99
,
102

Dairy Management (marketing group),
107

Dairy Promotion and Research Board, National,
127

Dairy Research Institute,
47

dead zones, oceanic,
28
–
29

deforestation,
140
–
41

Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act,
62
–
63

Delmarva Peninsula,
9
,
18
–
19
,
66

Department of Justice,
5

Department of Natural Resources.
see
DNR

dessert recipes

Chocolate Cake,
173
–
74

Macaroons,
173

diabetes,
42
–
43
,
45
–
46
,
99
,
100

dietary guidelines,
47
–
48

Dingell, John,
89

dinner recipes

Burgers, Mushroom Pecan,
170
–
71

Chicken Pot Pie,
166
–
67

Cottage Pie,
167
–
69

Pâté,
171
–
72

Thai Curry Stew,
169
–
170

White Sauce,
172

dioxins,
68
–
69

DNR (Department of Natural Resources),
24
,
25

DoJ (Department of Justice),
5

Domino’s Pizza,
107
,
127

Donley, Alex,
74
,
75

Donley, Nancy,
74

Dopp, Mark,
5

drought,
143

E

E. coli

antibiotic resistant strains,
77

beef recalls,
108
–
9

deaths from,
74
–
75

in feces,
71
–
72

in food,
75
–
78

health problems from,
75
,
77

illegal adulterant,
76

Jack in the Box outbreak,
75
–
76

in pink slime,
53

in slaughterhouses,
85
,
86

UTIs from,
78
–
79

in water,
29

Eco-Terrorism Act,
118

Edison, Thomas,
33

education,
158

Egg Board, American,
79
–
80

eggs,
9
–
10
,
79
–
80
,
153
.
see also
chickens

Elanco,
64

Eli Lilly and Company,
62
,
64

EMA (European Medicines Agency),
110

Endangered Species Act,
111

Englejohn, Dan,
60

Engler, Paul,
118

The Environmental Food Crisis
(UN report),
142

Environmental Protection Agency.
see
EPA

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP),
115
,
130
–
31

Environmental Working Group,
146

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

arsenic levels in chicken,
67

Clean Water Act,
30
–
31

dioxin warnings,
68
,
69

factory farms, environmental damage from,
25
–
26

manure investigations,
18

manure regulations, lax,
20

Epstein, Samuel,
101

EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program),
115
,
130
–
31

Erb, Kevin,
24
–
25

erectile dysfunction,
37
–
38

Eschel, Gidon,
133
,
145

Esselstyn, Caldwell B., Jr.,
38

European Commission,
94

European Medicines Agency (EMA),
110

European Union,
95

eutrophication,
26
–
27
,
28

external costs.
see
costs, external

Exxon Valdez spill,
23

F

factory farms

antibiotics used in,
7
,
58
–
59

Clean Water Act,
30
–
31

conditions, poor,
2
–
3
,
8
–
11

costs, external,
131
–
32

dioxin concentration in,
68

disease in,
7
,
78
–
79
,
80

environmental impact,
137
–
38
,
139

fast food and,
8

fuel consumption,
144
–
45

grain-fed animals,
6
–
7

growth hormones in,
7

hunger and,
141
–
42

libel laws,
6

manure from.
see
manure

market share,
2
,
4
–
5

monopolistic,
3
–
5

pollution from,
25
–
27
,
145
–
46

water depletion,
142
–
43

fad diets,
44

Farm Bureau.
see
American Farm Bureau Association

farmers,
3
–
4

FARRM (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management) Act,
111
–
13

farts, cow,
145
–
46

fast food,
8
,
155
–
56

Fast Food Nation
(Schlosser),
85
,
113

fat,
38
,
42
–
43

FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

antibiotics, approved,
61
–
62

antibiotics, inaction on,
7
,
58

arsenic in poultry,
66
,
67
–
68

corporate influence,
115
–
16

dioxin levels,
69

feed ingredients,
83
–
84

propaganda,
70

ractopamine approval,
64
–
65

recalls,
87

resources, limited,
110

rGBH, approved,
95
,
115

toxins, allowed,
54
–
57
,
109
–
10

USDA, division of labor,
109

feces.
see also
manure

E. coli
from,
75
–
78

in food,
71
–
74
,
108

salmonella
from,
79
–
82

in slaughterhouses,
85
–
86

UTIs from,
78
–
79

Fed Up
(film),
42

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act,
111
–
13

Federal Trade Commission.
see
FTC

feed, animal

animals in,
80
,
83
,
84

environmental impact,
139
–
141

food distribution, inequal,
141
–
42

mad cow disease from,
84

manure in,
83

subsidies,
129

fertilizers,
144
–
45

Finland,
39

fish.
see also
meat

antibiotics in,
7