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Meat and dairy ag are terrible for the following reasons: - climate change - 15% of GHGs not counting total inputs of fuel and feed - antibiotic resistance -
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
Meat and dairy ag are terrible for the following reasons:
- climate change - 15% of GHGs not counting total inputs of fuel and feed
- antibiotic resistance - antibiotics are used excessively to raise production, similar enough to the ones used in humans to evolve drug-resistant pathogens
- pandemics - many animals peeing and pooping together, in close proximity, create an "institutional" Petri dish effect plus regular cross-contamination with humans and random wildlife
- pollution - of water, air, and soil
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