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  Steroid and Antibiotic Use in Animals

(*note* These articles are pertaining to factory farming methods)

Steroids are often used to bulk up the meat on farm animals in the name of profit.  Every time you eat meat, you run the risk of ingesting steroids.  

Antibiotics are used to keep the animals free of disease, except now, bacteria are mutating and becoming immune to them.  Antibiotics are being rendered ineffective, the more they are used, the less effective they will be.  We, as humans, eat this animal meat and ingest the antibiotic. This causes bacteria to become immune to antibiotics and contributes to creating the "super bugs" we now face today.   

Europe is seeking an import ban on Canadian beef and pork after an audit of Canada's food-inspection system raised serious questions about the safety of meat.  This report says that Canada's meats are laced with cancer-causing hormones and other drugs that could be harmful, particularly in children.  (Reported by Nov. 20, 2000 Globe and Mail.)  In a confidential report obtained by The Globe and Mail, investigators from the health and consumer protection directorate of the European Commission say "drug use is so rampant that even Canadian meat certified as hormone-free is likely contaminated."  They recommend that imports be discontinued immediately.  

European Union inspectors also question the competency of Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the health products and food branch of Health Canada.  Since June of last year officials have been unable to do urine tests on cattle to detect hormone levels because of equipment breakdown.  15 tests were conducted in the hormone-free program, only three showed cattle to be free of hormones.        

To protect yourself from eating steroids and antibiotics, Select organic meat as the healthier choice.  This will LOWER the possibility of health problems and eliminate chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.  However, as we have seen above, it does not mean that you are safe.

- Anarac

 

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