McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and other fast-food companies are being accused in Chile of violating the country’s new law against including toys with children’s meals. These and other companies have been accused of knowingly endangering the health of children by marketing kids’ meals with toys more than a month after the law took effect June 7.
One of the stated missions of the U.S.D.A is “to end hunger and improve health in the United States.” As Vegan Daily News reported last week here, the U.S.D.A. betrayed its mission to improve health, and acted in a cowardly fashion. The U.S.D.A. should be saying loud and clear to every citizen of the United States: If you want to improve your health, reduce your consumption of meat. None of this is controversial, and the newsletter’s publication appeared to ruffle no feathers at the U.S.D.A. until the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association took note of it. The U.S.D.A., sadly, is incapable of telling people (even its own employees) that eating less meat would be beneficial. Even though it is not a trade organization like the N.C.B.A, it is beholden to trade organizations and their political representatives. As long as trade associations can push around members of Congress and government agencies, the rest of us are in trouble. The events of last week may have been comical, but the conclusions, and consequences, are tragic.
Why are tobacco companies still testing cigarettes on animals? It is cruel and totally unnecessary! To quote the National Cancer Institute, “There is no safe tobacco product.” We already know from clinical research, and from basic common sense, that smoking is bad for us. You can email the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and request that it follow the lead of agencies in progressive countries by banning cruel tobacco tests on animals. The email address at the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee is: tpsac@fda.hhs.gov
Bill Gates is no stranger to innovation, troubleshooting, and looking to the future. And what this entrepreneur-turned-humanitarian sees is a future marked not by the consumption of animal products, but by a gradual turn to a plant-based lifestyle. Gates envisions a much different future for meat consumption, noting that vegetarian alternatives are more efficient and healthier for the planet.
The Bad News: Little progress has been made in combatting many types of food-borne illnesses in recent years, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Good News: Your exposure to five of the key pathogens the CDC tracks - salmonella, vibrio, campylobacter, listeria and E. coli - is significantly reduced by following a plant-based diet! Add it to the list…one more reason to GO VEGAN!
John Paul Mitchell Systems, the hair-care and salon giant, is showing consumers once again why it’s a leader in cruelty-free compassion. The company has decided to pull entirely out of the Chinese market rather than having its products tested on animals. Paul Mitchell, whose products have never been tested on animals anywhere in the world, is the first cruelty-free company to stop selling in that country in order to prevent cruel animal tests.
This list could also be called 5 Disturbing Facts About McDonald’s. For example, McDonald’s is the world’s largest distributor of toys! That’s a huge amount of money and resources that could be used for better things other than marketing unhealthy junk to children. See the rest of the mind-blowing list here…
