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Meat and Poultry Responsible for Foodborne Infection
According to a study by researchers at Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K., ninety-seven percent of human disease from the pathogenic bacterium C. jejuni originates in animals farmed for meat and poultry, leading cause of gastroenteritis in the developed world, which is thought to infect 2 to 3 million people per year in the U.S. alone.
To read the full article please search online for: Foodborne Infection Originates in Meat and Poultry
Factory farms contribute greatly to the high rates of many diseases, in addition to causing unimaginable suffering to God's animals and environmental devastation. Instead of trying to cure diseases, we should focus more on preventing them. In this case, transitioning to a plant-based diet could greatly reduce the rate of foodborne infections.
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