BEEF sales will surely plummet even further as people heed the warnings over mad cow disease. But those who are truly concerned with family healthy would do better to avoid meat altogether.
Meat-eating has been conclusively linked with the nation's top killers - heart disease, stroke and certain forms of cancer. Ninety-five per cent of all food poisoning is caused by animal products, with salmonella, campylobacter, and ecoli bacteria killing hundreds every year. With tasty vegetarian food so widely available, is eating meat really worth these risks?
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TONI VERNELLI, UK Representative, PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PO Box 3169, London NW1 2JF.
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