- Go Green Motivators
A new report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reassess the bad rap on meat and dairy products, adding new criticism that not only is meat bad for your health, but also bad for the environment. Their conclusion: Eat less meat and cheese.
The advocacy group adds a new angle to meat and dairy eating by considering the environmental impact of production. EWG Senior Analyst, Kari Hamershlag, examines the process as requiring “large amounts of pesticides, chemical fertilizer, fuel, feed and water,” along with generating “green house gases and large amounts of toxic manure and wastewater” that ultimately ends up in the ocean.
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2011.