Some stats on hormones and  antibiotics in our meat supply, and Mad Cow disease:

U.S. beef cattle that receive hormone implants: 90% (100% in larger feedlots)

Independent European Union scientists’ report on the effect of hormones added to U.S. beef: they are “complete carcinogens” (able to cause and promote cancer by themselves) (hormone 17 beta-oestradiol)

Antibiotics administered to people in the U.S. for treating disease: 3 million pounds

Antibiotics administered to livestock in the U.S. annually for purposes other than treating disease: 24.6 million pounds

Antibiotics administered to livestock in Demark annually for purposes other than treating disease: zero

Adverse health effects as a result of Denmark’s elimination of antibiotic use for purposes other than treating disease: none

Prevalance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chickens in Denmark prior to ban on routine use of antibiotics: 82 percent

Prevalance three years after the ban: 12 percent

CJD or Mad Cow Disease: caused by feeding cows their own meat and bones

Still legal and widespread in the U.S.: feeding pigs and chickens their own bones, brains, meat scraps, feathers, and feces

Finding of Yale study examining brains of Alzheimers brains post-mortem: 13 percent of them actually had CJD or Mad Cow disease

How many Americans currently are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s: 4 million

Tell me: does this make you just wish for the good ol’ days when the U.S. meat supply ONLY caused cancer, heart disease, and stroke?   Why risk mad cow disease from beef full of hormone implants–in addition to so many other risks?