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，nov 25 is Meatless Day worldwide.
There may be no other single human activity that has a bigger impact than livestock farming. Some 40 percent of the world’s land surface is used for growing food crops, most of which are used to feed animals.
Globally livestock farming generates 18 percent more greenhouse gases than transport. Some 70 percent of the Amazon forests have been deforested for grazing animals.
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Some of the slaughterhouses are capable of slaughtering 85,000 head of cattle, 70,000 pigs, and 12 million birds daily.
These livestock produce enormous quantities of waste such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, drug residues, disease-causing organisms and heavy metals to pollute our water system.
On this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on Malaysians to substantially reduce and where possible avoid eating meat and seafood for the benefit of our health and environment.
Health statistics consistently show that all nations which consume the hot dogs, sausages, corned beef, dried meat, canned meat or meat-based sauces have the highest incidence of heart disease and
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