Comfortably Unaware (21 page)

politics of food systems,
89
–90

Pollan, Michael,
94
–95,
121

pollution,
29
,
53
–58

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
46
,
77

population,
31
–32

pork industry,
79

predictions,
110

pricing,
107
–109,
112
–114

Pritikin, Nathan,
83

producers,
108
–109,
118
.
See also
dairy industry; fishing industry; meat industry; pork industry

protein, defined,
10

protein from animals,
62

public opinion.
See
media control of information

Q

quinoa,
130

R

rainforests

benefit to environment,
23

biodiversity of,
23
–24

destruction of,
6
,
17
,
21
–23

greenhouse gases,
4

losses from destruction of,
26

medicines derived from,
24
–25

native people of,
24

as producers of oxygen,
12

recovery of marine life,
46
,
49

renewable resources, defined,
2
–3

Rifkin, Jeremy,
83

S

St. Lucia,
118
–120

Salatin, Joel,
121

salmon,
56

salmonella,
92
–94

Schaffner, William,
93
–94

sea lice,
57

seamounts,
48
–49

Seventh-Day Adventists,
114

sheep,
124

slaughtering process,
40
,
45
,
88
,
110
,
119
,
139
–145

socializing,
109
–110

solutions,
110
–117

South China Sea,
55

soy,
23

Staphylococcus,
77

starvation,
13
,
36

Steiner, Achim,
52

subsidies,
105
–107

surgeons,
101

Surviving Cancer
,
75

sustainability,
118
–131

swine,
78
–80

swine flu,
77
–79

T

talk shows,
82
–86

Tarahumara Indians,
114

taxes,
108
–109,
112
–114

topsoil,
28
–29,
30

toxic waste,
55

transportation,
16

trawling,
48
,
107

treading lightly

Bittman, Mark,
88
–89

Gore, Al,
86
–87

LEAD report,
90
–91

Oprah,
84
–85

Pollan, Michael,
94
–95

true cost,
108
–109

turkeys,
124
,
142
–143

Tyson chicken,
76
–77

U

United Nations, on overfishing and bykill,
51

United Nations Accord on Biodiversity,
34

United Nations Committee on Livestock, Environment, and Agricultural Development,
113
–114

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
5

United States

dairy consumption,
61
–62

fresh water,
43
–48,
116

land use,
27
–28,
31
–32,
41

livestock numbers,
123
,
124

meat consumption,
76

pigs, number of,
79
,
140
–141

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
64
,
105
,
112

universities, reluctance to change,
70
,
71
–74

University of Michigan,
71
–74

USDA (United States Department of Agriculture),
103
–105

V

vegans,
60
,
98

vegetarian diet,
60
,
98

vincristine,
25

W

water.
See
fresh water; oceans

water vapor,
4

Wertheimer, Linda,
93
–94

whale killing,
118
–120

Winfrey, Oprah,
82
,
84
–85

World Cancer Research Fund,
61
,
98
–99

World Trade Organization,
106

Z

zoonotic diseases,
76
–77