September 2012
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Bagged Lettuce Or Bulk? Experts Offer Food Safety... →
A recall this week of 8,000 cases of Fresh Express Hearts of Romaine salad marks the sixth time since April that the nation’s top producers of bagged lettuce have pulled products because of worries about food safety. Still, many experts consider bagged lettuces to be safer than the loose variety. The debate continues…
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“Lose yourself in nature and find peace.”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Starbucks Coffee Grounds, Unsold Food To Become... →
Rather than dump its coffee grounds and unsold baked goods into landfills or incinerators, Starbucks is trying to be more productive with its food waste – by transforming it into plastic and laundry detergent.
At a biorefinery set up by the City University of Hong Kong, scientists are testing some of the 4,500 tons of stale pastries and coffee bean bits produced annually by Starbucks Hong Kong,...
August 2012
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Mango Alert! FDA Issues Warning On Mangoes In... →
Federal health officials have issued an alert on Daniella mangoes, a brand distributed by a Northern California company, in connection to the outbreak that has caused 103 cases of salmonella poisoning in 16 states so far.
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“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Aristotle
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Drunk Kills 70,000 Chickens In One Night, Police... →
Police say a Maryland man managed to kill 70,000 chickens in one drunken night, and now he’s facing charges for it. Joshua D. Shelton, 21, is accused of drinking so heavily at a Delmar farm that he couldn’t tell the difference between a light switch and the circuit breakers connected to three chicken houses.
Shelton allegedly cut the breakers on Friday night, and deprived the chickens...
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Six Healthy Documentaries That Think Vegan! →
Going vegan is a huge commitment — the sheer idea of shifting your lifestyle may have you feeling overwhelmed! Each of these six documentaries offers a different perspective on the concept of veganism. Some preach the benefits of a plant-based diet, while others research the relationship we have with our current food system and what needs to change.
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Farmer Speaks Out Against GMO Propaganda →
The folks who are running and funding the campaign against California’s Proposition 37, which would require mandatory labeling of GMOs, have never worked on behalf of small farmers or consumers. Why would we think they are suddenly on our side?
Heading up the campaign are the same folks who, backed by Big Tobacco, fought anti-smoking initiatives in California. They are the same people who, with...
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“There is no money in healthy people or dead people. The money is in sick people.”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Bill Maher
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PETA To Recruit Whistleblowers At Ringling Bros.... →
PETA will hand the prospective Ringling applicants whistleblower-recruitment leaflets, in the hope that they will report instances of elephant beatings and other acts of animal abuse for which the circus is notorious. In return, PETA will pay whistleblowers $5,000 for evidence that leads to the conviction of a guilty party. Ringling trains, disciplines, and punishes elephants and other animals...
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World’s Oldest Person Says No To Junk Food →
Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person according to the Guinness World Records, is one of only eight people who to ever have reached 116 years of age.
Cooper has a secret to achieving 116 years of life. “I mind my own business,” she told the Guinness World Records. “And I don’t eat junk food.”
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New York State Is Investigating Energy Drinks →
The New York attorney general has subpoenaed three large makers of so-called energy drinks as part of an investigation into whether the companies are misleading consumers about how much caffeine the drinks contain and the health risks they could pose.
The attorney general is also looking at whether the companies - Monster Beverage, PepsiCo and Living Essentials - violated federal law in...
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Why Are Cantaloupes So Often Responsible For... →
Cantaloupe’s unique, rough skin can trap and hold bacteria, which can easily penetrate to the inside of the melon.
Additionally, while bacteria doesn’t usually grow on the surface of most fruits and vegetables after harvest due to lack of moisture and nutrients, according to the FDA, bacteria has been found to grow on the outside of cantaloupe and watermelon after being picked.
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California Slaughterhouse Allowed To Reopen After... →
A slaughterhouse in California’s central agricultural heartland was allowed to reopen on Monday after agreeing to improve its handling of animals following a graphic video that showed cows being mistreated there, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
“The company has committed to a number of corrective actions including additional humane handling training for employees and...
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Rosie O'Donnell Digs Into Vegan Diet With 'Forks... →
Rosie O’Donnell loves the plant-based documentary Forks Over Knives (which is also the #1 favorite documentary at Vegan Daily News, by the way!). Rosie also said she had spoken with esteemed heart surgeon and author Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, who says, “You can become the locus of control for this disease that is the leading killer of women and men in Western civilization. It’s truly...
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“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine: ... →
More than 55 million American children are returning to school. Many will arrive at their cafeterias only to find high-fat, cholesterol-laden meals waiting for them. PCRM is asking the White House to change that
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Three Reasons To Rethink That Diet Coke →
A fascinating article – Artificially Sweetened Beverages Cause for Concern – recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests that artificial sweeteners are far from risk-free.
1. Our body gets confused by artificial sweeteners – the dissociation between sweet taste and calorie intake may put the regulatory system that controls hunger and body weight out of...
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“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: John Muir
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Monsanto Gives 4.2 Million To Crush GMO Labeling... →
Last week’s least surprising news story? Monsanto has now confirmed to have donated $4.2 million in an attempt to fight the California GMO labeling initiative that could very well put them out of business. You see, if people actually knew that they were consuming genetically modified ingredients, they would simply stop buying the engineered products on a massive scale. Monsanto simply...
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Obesity 'Bad For Brain' By Hastening Cognitive... →
Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
Experts are not sure why this might be, but say metabolic changes such as high blood sugar and raised cholesterol are likely to be involved. Obesity has already been tipped as a risk factor for dementia.
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Tap Water Used in Neti Pots Tied to Rare, Fatal... →
Neti pots are small vessels that are filled with water and saline solution and used to flush the sinuses. Two people in Louisiana died last year from a rare brain infection contracted after using neti pots containing tap water to flush their sinuses.
The infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, occurs after water containing the amoeba Naegleria fowleri enters the nose and travels...
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838,000 Acres To Be Protected For American Jaguars →
Fantastic news for jaguars! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last Friday formally proposed to protect 838,232 acres - an area larger than the state of Rhode Island - as “critical habitat” for endangered jaguars in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
Over 14,500 Care2 members signed a petition asking the Department of Interior to implement their pledge to protect jaguars and their habitat. The...
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“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to...”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Jacques Cousteau
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10 Household Cleaners To Avoid At All Costs →
Another great list from OrganicAuthority.com! The household cleaning industry is largely unregulated and companies aren’t required to include ingredient lists for cleaning products, like they are for food, drugs and personal care products. All the important you are an educated consumer!
You can avoid all these type of products by making your own non-toxic cleaners or shopping at your local...
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Tiger Escapes, Kills Keeper In German Zoo →
A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo’s director, police said.
The tiger slipped through a passage between the enclosure and an adjacent storage building, where it fatally attacked the 43-year-old keeper.
One more reason Vegan Daily News advocates protecting habitats, not creating animal...
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Preservative May Make Bananas Not Vegan →
At the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society this week, scientists unveiled a spray that reportedly will keep bananas from ripening for up to 12 extra days by killing the bacteria that causes the fruit to turn brown so quickly. The coating includes chitosan, a derivative of shrimp and crab shells, so if the coating reaches the banana (not just the peel), the fruit...
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Texas Judge Rules That Oil Company Can Seize Land... →
Julia Trigg Crawford manages a farm in northeast Texas that’s been in her family since 1948. The southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline, which recently got a final approval, will cut through the northeastern part of Texas — as planned, through Crawford’s property. Crawford preferred that it not and rejected the company’s buyout offer. So TransCanada instead seized the property through...
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“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security....”
– VEGAN DAILY QUOTE: Robert Redford
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Rosie O’Donnell Embraces Plant-Based Diet After... →
After Rosie O’Donnell’s recent health scare, it looks like she is making some serious changes to her diet; not only to better her health, but to transform her life for the future. It seems O’Donnell is taking her heart attack seriously by switching to a plant-based diet. Here’s what she revealed on Twitter today, “nine days later – nine pounds lost – eating a plant based diet...
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