SCIENTISTS: GOV'T SHOULD WARN CITIZENS AWAY FROM MEAT

"The government should encourage people to eat less fat and meat," is how Reuters summarizes the NIH panel's report on cancer-causing dioxins in animal fats. The administration is too cheap (or too scared?) to actually test the levels of dioxins in these foods, so warnings have to be vague and theoretical. But the scientists stress that "The government should teach women and girls to eat less of the fats found in meat, poultry, fatty fish and whole milk years before they become pregnant to protect their offspring from harmful dioxins." In other words, we're screwed already by our poisoned environment, but maybe we can give our kids a fighting chance with a more vegan diet.