...is in-vitro meat products. This new break through technology could bring the end of your tradition cattle or any type of meat raised mammal farm. in-vitro Meat is the new upcoming trend that will be hitting the science labs rather than the fields across America. This artificial meat will revolutionize the food industry; the future flesh will be scientifically created and can produce a variety of meats. This biological creation will be a mere cloning process mass-producing food at a more efficient and environmentally friendly way. Although people at first are generally against artificially made food, the prices will be too hard to pass up with the increase in population making the meat industry sky rocket causing the price of your everyday meats to do the same. This new technology will change the way America goes about getting their daily value of protein. The advantage of in-vitro meat significantly out weights its disadvantages. One of the main one that catches the eye of researcher is the amount of land we will have saved. Hank Hyena of H+ Magazine describes how in-vitro meat will change the structure of America for the good. As in-vitro meat becomes more scientifically sound it will be sustainably cheaper then the slow-grown red meat and poultry marketplace. The prices of real meat and poultry are expected to reach two trillion dollars by the year 2050. Scientist working on meat assured by that time that it would cost half of that to run the artificially grown in-vitro meat...
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...Holy Cow! In today’s world the issue of meat eating raises a lot of controversial questions. Many people believe that human intelligence should guide us to forbid from killing animals. This belief is far from my opinion. I was raised in an omnivore family. My father eats over five kilograms of meat every day. He’s strong and healthy. I find it funny how depressed he sometimes gets when he comes home from work and sees that mom made a soup for dinner. It seems like he’s closer to the primitive caveman than any modern human can still be, and this leads me to think that forbidding of meat eating is just as unethical as, some may think, eating it is. Humans are carnivores designed to eat meat. The evidence of thorough research proves that the human body is more of the carnivore than herbivore. The length of our digestive tract is similar to carnivores’. Our stomachs produce hydrochloric acid that breaks down a variety of food by activating protein-splitting enzymes. The HCL is nowhere to be found in herbivores’ organisms. Also, the presence of the multiple stomachs declares a tremendous difference between us and herbivores. These few and a lot more differences destroy the popular claim that people should follow a non-meat diet. The answer to what we should eat is deeply encoded in the structure of our bodies (Comparison Between). The studies also show that going back to Stone Age nutritional habits can be very beneficial. Dr. Staffan Lindeberg, an expert in this field, proved...
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...Casey has always been a bit of an animal nut and if she joins PETA in the future, it would not be much of a surprise. However, she is often taking medications and using beauty products just like every other girl. She has recently been trying to change the meds and beauty products she uses or stops using them altogether because of her concerns with animal testing. The benefits of the medications were very obvious as well as with the beauty products to an extent but that didn’t matter to her. Casey said that “I can’t take something that has been cruelly tested on countless animals just so I can make myself feel a little better.” The results of not taking the prescribed medications were almost immediately apparent with Casey being all but bed-ridden yet still refusing to take the “tainted meds” as she called them. There are a lot of people who feel the same way that Casey does about animal testing. The core of the issue is pure ethics and what people believe to be right and wrong. Every year there are countless numbers of animals that suffer from being used in the clinical testing with some dieing during the testing process. The majority of animals in the test are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act since it doesn’t protect mice, rats, birds, and fish which make up about 95% of the total animals used in research. Even if the product passes the animal testing stage, that doesn't necessarily mean that it is safe for humans nor do the tests reliably predict the results in human...
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...Section V02 Meat Guzzler 1. According to Bittman, meat is like oil in many ways. Firstly, meat is subsidized by the federal government. Secondly, meat is subject to accelerating demand as nations become healthier which causes prices to rise. Lastly, people are encouraged to consume less meat, when toll from industrial production increases, it becomes noticeable. 2. A few externalities and opportunity costs include enormous amounts of energy, pollute water supplies, generate significant greenhouse gases and require ever-increasing amounts of corn, soy and other grains, a dependency that has led to the destruction of vast swaths of the world’s tropical rain forests. 3. They are cutting down rain forests in Brazil because there is not enough land for crops and grazing land. 4. The story with resources used to grow meat is an estimated 30 percent of the earth’s ice-free land is directly or indirectly involved in livestock production. According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, which also estimates that livestock production generates nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases, more than transportation. 5. Two to five times more grain is required to produce the same amount of calories through livestock as through direct grain consumption. Direct grain consumption would be more efficient because less grain would be required. 6. Cow’s stomachs are meant to digest grass. So when they feed them grain they thrive only on the sense that...
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...individual personal life, such as hearing aids and prosthetic limbs; engineering parts for many consumer products, such as many components of engines, guns and even musical instruments. Whichever contextual application of this technology is desired and utilized, both ethical benefits and weaknesses exist. Multiple American companies including General Electric, Boeing, Nike, Honeywell and others have used this technology in manufacturing motor components, shoes, solar panels and other consumer products. Endless potential applications of 3-dimmensional printing exist for future developments. Interestingly, printing of meat for human consumption as an alternative to harvesting meat from animals is currently being researched. In 2008 PeTA offered a $1 million X-Prize style reward for the first group to synthetically develop such commercially viable meat. This is one case in which proposing ethical dilemmas exist, and the many alternative controversies this topic entails. Further bioethical dilemma’s and considerations exist and will be discussed in detail. Technology To fully understand any ethical dilemmas encapsulating this technology, a considerate knowledge of 3-dimmensional printing is required. First, we will look into the general technology of designing, preparing and yielding products. Only then, applications of bio-printing, and the corresponding controversies and ethical dilemmas can further be discussed....
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...can offer farmers advantages by the farmers selecting the animal that has passed down the most superior genetics and that has performed the best in everyday environmental settings. Also, it can give them advantages on selling high-quality meat and dairy products for the dairy cattle producers. Ranchers has the advantages by hand picking the highest quality in the sires or dams genetic makeup by making an exact replica for breeding purposes in the commercial industry and/or the stock show industry. Cloning of cattle and sheep does not harm the animal in any shape or form but it may put a little environmental stress on them due to all of the handling and testing of the animal. When you clone an animal this doesn’t mean you are changing the animal by altering their genetic makeup or genetically engineering them, it just means you are getting an exact replica of that particular animal you have chosen. When an animal is cloned, it alters their immune system somehow and where they do not get sick as often and they become parasite resistant so you spend less money on veterinary visits. Another important reason why cloning is in the livestock industry is for strict breeding purposes so the cloned animals can breed and produce animals for meat purposes. Cloning has been part of our world for over three or four decades. Hans Dreisch performed the first successful reported case of cloning in 1894, which he cloned a sea urchin by isolating blastomeres. In 1902, Dr. Hans Spemann...
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...“sophisticated tests using human cells and tissues (also known as in vitro methods), advanced computer-modeling techniques (often referred to as in silico models), and studies with human volunteers.” Not only do these methods keep many animals from being tested on, but they also “take less time and money to complete” (Alternatives to Animal...
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...He built a special relationship with a wolf pack. This happened by him crawling into a wolf den and he started to play with the wolf cubs. Shortly after that he ended up falling asleep. Later on he was woken up when the mother came to feed the cubs at that point he tried to steal some food from the cub and she fiercely looked at him and pawed him so he left it alone. After the cubs were done eating she threw him some meat which he was nervous at first to eat. Then she started to move the meat towards him with her nose (Feral Children, 2016). Once he ended up taking it to eat she then licked his face. After living with wolves for many years he tried to integrate back into society and he claims he was only partly successful at...
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...Ethical Issues in Transgenic Mice and the Benefits on Human Welfare Presently, there has been a breakthrough in molecular biology with engineering transgenic animals. Transgenic animals are animals that carry genes from another species. This technology has created transgenic animals such as mice, rats, horses, chickens, goats, pigs, sheep and cows. The use of this technology brings with it ethical issues. This issue needs to be considered by stakeholders, to ensure that all parties are aware of the issues at stake and can make a valid contribution to this current debate regarding the creation and use of genetically engineered animals. Even though there have been many ethical issues surrounding transgenic animals it has benefited humans’ health and could cure various diseases. The majority of transgenic animals that were produced were mice, which is the animal that started this technology. The first successful transgenic animal was the mice via viral infection in the 1970’s. During the 1980’s the first transgenic mice via microinjection, which is the most performed technique. In 1985, the first transgenic sheep, rabbits, pigs and cattle were created, and in the 1990’s transgenic farm animal companies were seen as bioreactors and organ donors. The main logic of genetically altering animals is some transgenic animals are produced for specific economic traits. An example could be that a transgenic goat was created to produce milk containing specific human proteins that led to the...
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...of suffering or death. I agree that medical research is necessary in order to advance medicine but results from research done on certain animals are unreliable. Such as, when scientist created a drug to help stop morning sickness for pregnant women that resulted in over ten thousand birth defects and over thousands of fetal deaths around the world; yet, the drug was tested and proven to be safe on multiple animals. In addition, there are alternative methods that are more modern and do not include harming animals. A more ethical way of testing and researching are vitro testing, computer modeling, and human volunteers. The Animal Bill of Right gives the right of laboratory animals not to be used in cruel or unnecessary...
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...INTEREST GROUPS AND THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE ON AMERICAN POLITICS Interest Groups (IGs) over the years have had more influence on American Politics than the average American citizen who votes in an election. These groups Lobby to get funding for what they believe is true; whether it’s one program or several programs they put together a solid organization to make sure they get their point across when election time comes around. These groups influence State and Government policy collectively on all levels. It can be the average citizen who goes around asking for you to sign petitions, it can be your own State Politician or Government Official who’s trying to birth a new program into existence. Interest Groups have very strong beliefs about what they are advocating. These groups at times feel so strong in their beliefs that sometimes they start protesting and even sometimes start riots. These groups come into fruition when people get together and start pulling their resources together. An individual can be highly educated, wealthy, or have a little socio-economic background to help further along their cause. Support and money goes along way when you have it to give and make things happen. Lobbying is a really big issue to these groups, because that’s how they are able to maneuver through the “red tape “ of Politics in any social realm. The lobbying starts when IGs are fighting to protect their respective turfs; meaning each Group is trying to get some kind of program...
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...humane laws and share resources with shelters nationwide that would help animals rather than hurt them. Animal rights is an issue dealing with the moral rights of animals due to animal testing, the use of animals for sports and entertainment, animals as food and products, and animal abuse. Animal experimentation is used to improve human health by using animals in biomedical and veterinary research. I believe that the reasons why people are experimenting on animals are to find out more about the animals themselves, and to test substances and procedures to see if they are harmful. Animals were merely a part of our food chain at the start of time, and then we needed hunting animals to hunt larger animals that would supply our families with more meat for our consumption. Years later, we needed animals such as cattle, horses, elephants, etc. as a means of transportation by land and to help lighten our workload. Then it was possible to keep pets as a companion and from companion to a family member. I believe that this is why we have so many outraged...
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...in red meat, fish and sea-products and especially L-carnitine is found in many life-style and sports nutrition Choline, betaine , L-carnitine and its acetylated derivative O-acetyl-L-carnitine are used for a wide range of biological activities, including maintaining the structural integrity of cell membranes, energy metabolism, and donating methyl groups in a number of biosynthetic reactions [1-3]. Although choline and its oxidation product betaine are synthesized endogenously, to fulfil the necessary requirements the main part of both is derived by dietary intake [2, 4]. The non-proteinogenic amino acid L-carnitine is synthesized endogenously from lysine and methionine but also supplied by dietary intake. Choline, betaine and L-carnitine are...
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...ages 14, 11, and 5. The two younger children are adopted from Guatemala and China. Interview Process and Results Both parents answered multiple questions for each of the 11 functional health patterns, and where applicable, a physical examination was conducted. For the health perception/health management pattern, they answered the question “What are the most important things you do to keep your family healthy and prevent illness?” (Gordon, 1994) Family “P” regularly seeks medical care for sickness and visits the dentist annually. They do not get flu vaccinations. For the nutritional-metabolic pattern, Family “P” answered the question, “Describe the types of meals your family regularly eats?” Most meals are prepared at home and include meat or...
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...Many products that we used now are tested on animals before they are sold to us. Animal experimentation has been an ongoing phenomenon for years. Animals are used for research to help evaluate the effectiveness of new medicines and industry products on human. These industry products can range from beauty products and medicinal drugs to household cleaners (Humane Society International, 2013, para. 1). Collins (2011) gathered statistics from various sources like the U.S. Department of Agriculture and noted, “ yearly, U.S. accounted for more than 100 million animals that are killed due to researches” (para. 1). Noting that this statistic only applies to the U.S. makes it very alarming, as there are animal testing going on everywhere in the world. Although we are not able to understand animals as well as we do humans, it does not mean that they should not be given equal rights. Animal experimentation should be made illegal globally as every life should be seen as important as another. There are several reasons why animal experimentation should be stopped. Numerous alternatives are made available for product testing and experimenting, however there does not seem to be a way to stop animal experimentation for good. Animal and humans may seem similar in many ways, both having the same organ system and similar ways of executing task. However just like no two humans are the same, animal's response to a drug can be different to a human's. For example a drug know as “Penicillin...
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