"The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans. " New York Times, 7-14-09
Feeding antibiotics to healthy animals to encourage growth so the meat industry can make more money off of each animal. But what about the customer's health? What kind of insane customer service is that. Possibly poisoning your customers so you can make more money in the short term. Don't you want to keep your customers healthy and/or alive so they will come back and shop again.
(Not to try to convince you not to eat meat regardless but; FYI from John Hopkins University: Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer. )
Unfortunately this short term approach has been frequently used in many industries. Convince customers they have to use their cleaning products if they really want their dishes, clothes, etc. really clean. But don't tell them that what makes for clean dishes makes for dirty oceans. Maybe they should think long term as in longer life span and healthier happier lives. A novel approach for some, not for Seventh Generation who's been doing just this for decades.
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