Meatonomics (47 page)

52
. Karen Davis, “My Experience of Empathy and Affection in Chickens and the Social Life of Chickens and the Mental States I Believe They Have and Need in Order to Participate in the Social Relationships I Have Observed,” United Poultry Concerns (2009), accessed August 7, 2011,
www.upc-online.org
.

53
. California Health and Safety Code §§ 25990-25994.

54
. Humane Society of the United States, “Today, The HSUS and the United Egg Producers Announced an Agreement which Could Result in a Complete Makeover of the U.S. Egg Industry,” Humane Society Press Release (August 6, 2011), accessed August 6, 2011,
http://action.humanesociety.org
.

55
. Nedim C. Buyukmihci, “A Veterinarian's Perspective on the Rotten Egg Bill” (2012), accessed July 20, 2012,
http://stoptherotteneggbill.org
.

Ag-gag laws,
39
–
40

AHI.
See
Animal Health Institute

Air pollution caused by animal food production,
112
,
126

Albatross,
146
–
147

Albini, Steve,
189

Alda, Alan,
xxvi

ALEC.
See
American Legislative Exchange Council

Alzheimer's,
94
,
108

Ambrose, Stephen,
162

American Egg Board,
200
,
222
,
223

American Legislative Exchange Council,
41
–
43

American Meat Institute,
20
,
50

AMI.
See
American Meat Institute

Anhang, Jeff,
125

Animal antibiotics, regulation of,
60
–
62

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act,
44

Animal foods

Calcium,
194
–
196

Diabetes,
8
,
90
,
93
–
96

Disease, generally,
91
–
94

Antibiotics,
104
–
105

Cancer,
23
,
28
,
94
–
95
,
193
–
197

Children,
106
,
193
,
196
–
198

Effects on human health,
105

Externalized costs related to animal food consumption,
107

Heart disease,
92
–
96

Human anatomy,
190
–
191

Human evolution,
190
–
192

Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
,
105

Price elasticity of demand,
97
–
100
,
204
–
205

Quality of protein,
27
–
28
,
189

US consumption,
5
,
20
–
2
,
91
–
92
,
96
–
100

Vitamin B
₁₂
, obtaining,
191
–
192

Animal Health Institute,
104

AquaBounty Technologies,
56
–
58

Aquaculture.
See
Fish farming

AquAdvantage Salmon,
55
–
56

Arthritis,
94

Atkins, Robert,
91
–
92

Baird, C. C.,
40

Barnouin, Kim,
69

Battery cages,
220
–
223

Beef

Antibiotics,
104
–
105

Campylobacter,
102
–
103

Cancer,
95

Diabetes,
93
–
94

Heart disease,
92
–
96

Hormones,
106

Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
,
105

Price elasticity of demand,
98

Quality of protein,
27
–
28

Beef industry

American Meat Institute,
20
,
50

Subsidies,
xv

Berra, Yogi,
73

Bovine growth hormone.
See
Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST)

Broiler chickens,
77

Antibiotics,
104
–
105

Campylobacter,
102
–
103

E. coli
,
103

Improvements in production,
74

Intelligence and personality,
225
–
227

Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
,
105

Organic production,
115
–
118

Salmonella,
103

Slaughter methods,
37

Treatment in factory farms,
218

Willingness to pay to end inhumane treatment,
141

Bush, George W.,
89
,
160

Bycatch

Albatross losses,
146
–
147

Dolphin losses,
146

Economic costs of,
158

Flatfish-related losses,
158

Leatherback turtle losses,
145
–
146

Nontarget, valuable species losses,
147

Shrimp-related losses,
147

Target species juvenile losses,
147

Worldwide total losses,
147

CAFOs.
See
Factory farms

Cage-free eggs

Denial of hens' urge to roost and dust-bathe,
225
–
227

Enriched cages,
227
–
228

Forced molting,
221
–
222

Generally,
223
–
225

Partial beak amputation,
218
–
220

Calcitriol,
195

Calcium and bone health,
194
–
196

Campbell, T. Colin,
12
–
13
,
28
,
194

Campylobacter,
102
–
103

Cancer

Annual US health care cost,
107
–
108

Incidence in US,
90

Incidence related to animal food production,
96

Meat consumption,
94
–
96

Carter, Charles, Jr.,
112

Cataracts,
94

Cattle

Antibiotics,
104
–
105

California “Happy Cows” lawsuit,
22
–
23

Campylobacter,
102
–
103

Hormones,
106

Improvements in dairy production,
74

Methane generation,
119

Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
,
105

Organic production,
117
–
121

Production and water use,
118
–
119

Slaughter methods,
47
–
49

Treatment in factory farms,
22
–
23
,
47
–
52
,
217

Willingness to pay to end zero grazing,
141

Center for Food Safety,
58

CFE.
See
Customary Farming Exemptions

Charles, Prince of Wales,
117

Checkoff programs,
3
–
8
,
14
–
15
,
174
,
207

Cheeseburger laws,
41
–
42

Chicken meat

Cholestorol content,
12
,
93

Health effects,
17
,
92
,
94
,
103
,
105

Heart disease,
92

Historical price movement,
96
–
97

Price elasticity of demand,
205

Treatment of broiler chickens,
218

Chickens.
See either
Hens (egg-producing) or Broiler chickens (meat-producing)

Children and animal food consumption,
106
,
193
,
196
–
198

Cholesterol

Animal foods,
xx
,
12
,
93
,
140
,
197

Consumption guidelines,
101
–
102

Different effect of plant- and animal-based diets,
167

Egg consumption,
198
–
200

No human need for dietary consumption of,
101

Cigarettes

Effect of taxes on demand,
169
–
171

Price elasticity of demand,
96

Clark, Daniel,
40

Clean Air Act,
129

Clean Water Act,
129

Clinton, Bill,
28
,
109

Cohen, Stanley,
24

Colbert, Stephen,
21

Colony Collapse Disorder,
123
–
124

Common law,
34
–
35

Commonsense Consumption Act.
See
Cheeseburger laws

Compassion by the Pound
,
134

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
129

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
See
Factory farms

Controlled molting.
See
Forced molting

Cows.
See
Cattle

Crohn's,
94

Customary Farming Exemptions,
36
–
38

Dairy

Bone health,
194
–
196

Calcium,
194
–
196

Cancer,
193
–
194

Children,
169
–
198

Health effects, generally,
192
–
198

Price elasticity of demand,
205

Recombinant bovine somatotropin,
59
–
60

Treatment of cows in factory farms,
22
–
23

US consumption levels,
xxi
,
5

Dairy industry

Influence in research process,
9
–
11

National Dairy Council,
13
,
28

Davis, Karen,
226

Dealing Dogs
,
40

Debeak.
See
Partial beak amputation

Defamation laws,
38

Demand

Dairy,
xxi
,
5

Effect of price increase on,
96
–
100

Law of,
96
–
99

Meat,
xxii
,
114

Demand elasticity.
See
Price elasticity of demand

Descartes, René,
136

Dew, Thomas,
181

Diabetes

Annual US health care cost,
107

Incidence in US,
8
,
90
,
95

Incidence related to animal food production,
96

Red meat consumption,
93
–
94

Dickens, Charles,
213

Dirksen, Everett,
xxv

Dumping,
84
–
86

Dust Bowl,
120
,
124

E. coli
,
65
–
66
,
103
,
105
,
107
,
112

Ecological rotation,
114
–
117

Ecoterrorism laws,
43
–
45

Eggs

Battery cages,
220
–
221

Cage-free eggs,
223
–
225

Denial of hens' urge to roost and dust-bathe,
225
–
227

Enriched cages,
227
–
228

Forced molting,
221
–
222

Health effects,
198
–
200

Improvements in production,
74

Partial beak amputation,
218
–
220

Plant-based substitutes,
143

Price elasticity of demand,
98
,
205

Production and water use,
118
–
119

Treatment of laying hens in factory farms,
218
–
228

Elasticity of demand.
See
Price elasticity of demand

Energy industry,
76
,
113

Enriched cages,
227
–
228

Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Stephen L. Johnson,
128

Deficiencies in enforcing green laws against factory farms,
128
–
129

EPA.
See
Environmental Protection Agency

Esselstyn, Caldwell,
178

Eutrophication,
153

Evans, Chris,
225

Externalized costs of animal food production

Air pollution,
126

Animal cruelty,
141

Antibiotics,
107

Bycatch,
158

Cancer,
107
–
108

Climate change,
125

Diabetes,
107

E. coli
,
107

Effect of proposed Meat Tax,
166
,
176

Electricity generation,
76
,
113

Fish farming,
157
–
158

Fish production,
157
–
158

Generally,
165
,
202

Health care costs,
107
–
109

Heart disease,
107

Illusion of low prices,
75
–
76

Incidence,
xx
,
xxv
,
59
,
75