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Recent News
June 30, 2004
THE GUARDIAN: "ATKINS DIET MAY CUT CHANCE OF PREGNANCY, STUDY SHOWS"
The high-protein Atkins diet may be damaging the chances of weight-conscious women getting pregnant and having a healthy baby, scientists said yesterday.
FLORIDA TODAY: "VEGETARIANS LIVE LONGER"
Every day, it seems, a new food is touted for prevention of disease. Tomatoes are wonderful by virtue of their lycopene. Oats help lower cholesterol. Cranberry juice staves off bladder infections. Soybeans prevent heart disease.
June 28, 2004
GLOBE AND MAIL: "HOLY COW! VEGANS LIKE BURGER KING"
Poor, beleaguered fast-food companies. Do they ever get any respect? Books such as Fast Food Nation and the film Super Size Me have recently offered scathing depictions of McDonald's, Wendy's and other giant burger chains, blaming them for everything from low minimum-wage laws to an international obesity epidemic.
MSNBC: "CAN ANIMALS YOU EAT BE TREATED HUMANELY?"
In a close corner of a cattle pen, Temple Grandin sits on the dusty ground. Her legs drawn in, her eyes all but shut, she silently waits for nearby cows to sniff her out. After a few minutes, they draw near.
June 25, 2004
THE SEATTLE TIMES: "HIP-HOP ARTISTS SPREAD WORD ON VEGETARIAN, VEGAN DIETS IN BLACK COMMUNITY"
There are some hip-hop artists who don't drink Tanqueray and Alizé and want no part of the late-night trips to the BK.
June 24, 2004
REUTERS: "CALIF. SUES THREE TUNA MAKERS ON PRODUCT WARNING LAW"
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California on Monday sued three big canned tuna companies for not warning customers that they are exposed to mercury, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said.
HERALD SUN: "DALAI LAMA WARNS KFC OFF TIBET"
EXILED Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has told the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain to stay out of Tibet over alleged cruelty to animals, an animal rights group said today.
June 23, 2004
MSNBC: ARE LOW-CARB DIETS AN UNHEALTHY RIP-OFF?
Popular low-carbohydrate diets are leading Americans to poor health and spawning a rip-off industry of "carb-friendly" products, health experts and consumer advocates have said.
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE: "COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS MORE FISH BE DESTROYED"
A citizens' advisory committee recommended Monday that roughly 165,000 PCB-contaminated fish at the state's Lewistown fish hatchery be destroyed.
AP: "STUDY: TOXIC CHEMICAL FOUND IN COWS MILK"
SAN FRANCISCO -- Young children and pregnant women who drink milk from California cows may be exposed to unsafe levels of a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, according to a new study by an environmental group.
June 21, 2004
INDEPENDENT/UK: "THE MAN WHO ATE MCDONALD'S FACES CORPORATE BACKLASH"
When Morgan Spurlock stuffed himself with junk food until his doctors begged him to stop, he threw an industry into a super-size crisis. Now a fierce corporate counter-attack has begun.
POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL: "MEET THE MAD COWBOY"
In 1979, Howard Lyman underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his spine and came out a changed man.
SLATE: "MILK: HOW A WHOLESOME DRINK BECAME A VILLAIN"
America's international reputation is as the land of milk and money. Here, milk has long been thought of as not just another nutritious beverage but as purity, even patriotism, in a glass.
L.A. TIMES: "SHEEN JOINS PETA IN SUPPORT OF FOIE GRAS BILL"
The brouhaha over foie gras in California has caught the attention of the president. Or at least someone who plays one.
June 16, 2004
AP: "TEENS WHO KILLED CHICKENS NOW HAVE TO CLEAN THEIR COOPS"
STATESBORO, Ga. - Seven teenagers convicted of killing chickens just to see whether they really run around with their heads cut off are about to learn a lot more about the birds. A Statesboro judge sentenced them Friday to cleaning chicken coops and reading a book about animals' feelings.
PORTLAND TRIBUNE: "TO FISH OR NOT TO FISH? THINK TWICE"
Some Portlanders would no sooner fish their dinner from the Willamette River than they would hunt for wild game in Forest Park.
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: "BIKINI-CLAD PAIR WRESTLES IN TOFU TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES"
Two nubile women in bikinis wrestled in public in a pool of tofu yesterday. They literally halted traffic in downtown San Diego.
MSNBC: "MCCARTNEY ISSUES A NO-MEAT DECREE"
Crew members on the set of the singer’s concert are up in arms because the staunch vegetarian has banned the eating of meat by anyone working on the tour.
June 15, 2004
New Scientist: "Not Just a Pretty Face"
They learn quickly, use tools, have sophisticated social structures and impressive long-term memories. So why does everyone think fish are plain stupid, asks Culum Brown
June 14, 2004
Tucson Citizen: "Eats: On the Veggie Wagon"
"This sandwich is better than any hamburger I've ever had," said Patrick Gormally of The Garland Restaurant, 119 E. Speedway Blvd.
June 10, 2004
Riverfront Times: Eat Me
Some calves kick. Some calves low. Some rear up on their hindquarters and try to escape. But when they meet the rabbi's blade, they all die the same.
June 09, 2004
Reuters: USDA Still Working on Details for Mad Cow Testing
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators are still trying to work out the details for running a vastly expanded testing program for mad cow disease that has already started up.
AP: PETA activist runs for president on reality TV show
At People for the Ethical of Treatment of Animals, Bruce Friedrich directs campaigns in the name of animal rights. Now he's going to be at the center of his own campaign -- for president.
June 07, 2004
The Miami Herald: KFC to End Ads Touting Healthfulness
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - KFC can no longer claim that its fried chicken is compatible with popular low-carb diets, federal regulators said Thursday in settling complaints about the restaurant chain's ads.
MSNBC: Anderson not chicken to take on KFC
The former "Baywatch" babe wrote a pleading letter to the NASCAR star after she learned that his race car is sponsored by KFC -- which has been under attack from animal rights groups such as PETA, for whom Anderson is a spokeswoman.
AFP: Singer Morrissey vies against Gwyneth Paltrow for sexy vegetarian title
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Moody British singer Morrissey was fighting off competition from movie stars Gwyneth Paltrow (news) and Maguire for the title of the "World's Sexiest Vegetarian."
June 04, 2004
Reuters: More Britons Than Ever Living with Heart Disease
LONDON (Reuters) - Fewer people are dying from it but more Britons than ever before are living with coronary heart disease, the British Heart Foundation said in a report published on Friday.
Reuters: Many School Children Weigh Too Much, U.S. Study Says
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Reuters) - An alarming 40 percent of students from kindergarten through high school were overweight or at risk of becoming too heavy in a study of nearly 300,000 school children in Arkansas, researchers said on Thursday.
The New York Times: E.P.A. Nears Pact on Waste by Processors of Livestock
WASHINGTON, June 2 - The Environmental Protection Agency is close to reaching an agreement with some of the nation's largest animal processors that would lay the groundwork for the first federal emission standards for companies that process millions of pigs, cows and chickens every day.
The Louisville Scene: Chicks and bunnies
What's the best way to shake the feathers of corporate giant KFC?
If you're People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, you come to its hometown armed with — a bunny.
June 03, 2004
Reuters: BSE outbreak in sheep could lead to cull of 25m animals
Up to 25 million sheep, two-thirds of the national flock, might be destroyed if the nightmare of BSE spreading from cattle to sheep were proved to have occurred.
The Seattle Times: Washington farm is hog heaven
STANWOOD, Wash. - (KRT) - Consider the pig. The animal's intelligence and cleanliness are often - wrongfully - maligned. And most people think it makes a better pork roast than pet.
June 02, 2004
Lexington Herald-Leader: PETA launches child-friendly campaign in land of fried chicken
JACKSON, Miss. - The animal rights activists notorious for flinging fake blood at fashion models strutting runways in fur coats are using a gentle approach to turn children to vegetarianism.
SF Gate: Government begins expanded mad cow testing
The Agriculture Department began expanded national testing for mad cow disease Tuesday, intending to test about 220,000 animals for the brain-wasting condition over the next year to 18 months.
June 01, 2004
The McDougall Newsletter: The Atkins Scientific Research-–Deceit and Disappointment
During the Great Nutrition Debate held February 24, 2000, by the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C., Dr. Robert Atkins, founder of the world’s most famous low-carbohydrate diet plan, was challenged for his lack of medical research to support his claims, especially about the benefits of his high-fat, high-cholesterol diet for heart disease. Dr. Atkins responded, “And I haven't been able to fund the study.”
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