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Author Rice, Pamela, 1955-

Title 101 reasons why I'm a vegetarian / Pamela Rice.

Publication Info. New York : Lantern Books, 2005.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  613.262 RICE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  613.262 RIC    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  613.262 RICE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  613.262 RI    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 253 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gratifying consumers : packages of woe -- Vegetarian heart : sound advice for your ticker -- Extreme manure : the excrement files -- Troubled waters : oceans in peril -- Legal disconnect : farmed animals forgotten -- Contaminant magnetism : meat-microbe attraction -- Oink! : modern pig life -- World water III : tapping out -- Epidemiologically speaking : the Chinese vindicator -- Low rungs : meat's laborers -- Hunger/meat connection : it cuts like a scythe -- Almost human : animal intelligence and emotion -- Nitrogen elixir : petrochemical treadmill -- Genetic integrity : the animals' ultimate sacrifice -- Overkill : the cull of the innocent -- Cancer connection : the "big C" and meat -- Prescription contamination : animals on drugs -- Pandemic in the making : farmed animal/influenza connection -- Indispensable fiber : found only in plants -- Fossil fuel alchemy : the oil in your meat -- Fatal entanglements : dredgers, longlines, and driftnets -- Swallow this : marketing to the minions -- Nagging conditions : above the belt -- Nagging conditions : below the belt -- Modern mutant : E. coli O157:H7 -- A big problem : the vegetarian solution -- Desertification : how dry we're getting -- Habit forming : antibiotics on the farm -- Toxic trickle : killing us softly -- Cluck! : modern broiler life -- Biosecurity : a-scrubbing and a-scraping we will go -- BSE : the cows are mad as hell -- Number's up : cholesterol and blood pressure readings -- Row upon row : amber waves of feed -- Meat and poultry inspection : where are we now? -- Franken-farmyard : the freaks are here -- Roots to nuts : new four food groups -- Feces fiasco : operation contaminated chicken -- Blue pastures : aquaculture's floating feedlots -- The slurry slope : the cow in your asphalt -- Large-mammal slaughter : inexact at any speed -- CAFO in town : gagging for sanity -- Dairy, be wary : losing tolerance for milk -- Pork for pork and other meats : industries on the dole -- Operation ocean plunder : jellyfish rules -- Slumgullion stew : unfit for man or beast -- Passage to extinction : hunting and fishing for "sport" -- Fruits, nuts 'n' other morsels : phyto-health aplenty -- Vegetable kingdom : of cabbages, roots, stems, and leaves -- Conveyor of tears : modern chicken slaughter -- Disaster developing : poor nations clamor for meat -- Harm on the range : extinct is forever -- Life of the hen : cruelty in the eggs-treme -- Antidotes to filth : high-tech battle of the bugs -- Heavy petting : let's talk about sex -- Chemical castration : manure downstream menace -- Industrial-size farm : big and inflexible -- Moo! : modern dairy cow life -- Biotech and cloning : the cruel frontier -- Death by algae : shafting fish and grasses -- Mining the aquifers : thirsting for meat -- Predator control : operation extermination -- Animal transport : accidental travelers' byway to hell -- Illegal fishing : that final nihilistic grab -- Boosting output : this is your cow on hormones -- Exotic meat : heralding extinction, disease -- Protein, iron, zinc : yes, we have no deficiencies -- Marine refuges : the virtues of abstinence -- Gastroenteric emissions : burping cows heat the planet -- Pick your poisson : dioxin, mercury, or PCBs -- Links, lost and found : ecosystems in turmoil -- Dirty dining : contaminants by the pound -- Aghast from the past : venomous coastal cell -- Living laboratories : to be or not to be vegetarian -- Carnivore conflicts : meat militates against peace -- Slaughterhouse sludge : happy entrails to you -- Health claims : the catch about fish -- Mutilating animals : a very bad habit -- Recalling meat : overdue and incomplete -- Storm stories : torrents of tragedy -- Endocrine pump : hormonal cancers and meat -- Clinical consensus : fish feel pain -- Apocalypse then : foot and mouth disease -- Ammonia rain : fumes of destruction -- Colorectal cancer : opting for prevention -- Concentrated and centralized : the big-meat steamroller -- Greed before mercy : agriculture's walking wounded -- Meat, the sequel : heart failure, stroke, and bypass -- Mephitic emissions : the air of decomposing waste -- Nutrition brownie points : official dicta -- Listeria : the pathogen that came in from the cold -- Cyanide and dynamite : reefs on the edge -- Seafood surprise : platter of poisons -- Veal calves : incarceration of the innocent -- Kandid kitchen : pathogens where we eat -- Necessarily say : the moo-less wonder -- Contracts of betrayal : grower be damned -- Off the hook : fishers as their own regulators -- Foie gras : pate without pity -- Longevity matters : taking our diet for all it's worth -- Planet lifeboat : the earth's inexorable verdict.
Subject Vegetarianism.
Added Title One hundred and one reasons why I'm a vegetarian
One hundred one reasons why I'm a vegetarian
ISBN 1590560752 alkaline paper
9781590560754 alkaline paper
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