- Ask Joanne: What about Free-Range Eggs? - "'Free-range' is not a legal industry term; therefore it is essentially meaningless. Farmers use the term to imply that they practice a more humane standard of production but, in reality, there is no regulation regarding how the word is interpreted or used [in the US at least]."
vegsource.com/joanne/qa/qaeggs.htm
- Eggs Non Gratis - In the last decade or so, there has been another compelling reason to avoid eating eggs: Salmonella enteritidis, which can cause severe diarrhea, damage to the colon, arthritis, and death, especially in the very young, the old, and anyone with a weakened immune system, which would include cancer patients, transplant recipients, anyone who is ill or recovering from an illness.
www.linkny.com/~civitas/page74.html
- Humane Farming Assosiation: Eggribusiness - Cites hidden health risks, injury to family farms, and suffering of the chickens as reasons not to eat eggs.
www.hfa.org/campaigns/eggri.html
- PETA Factsheet - Poultry and Eggs - Gone Rotten - A single cage, roughly 16 by 18 inches, holds five to six hens, each with a wingspan of 32 inches.
www.peta-online.org/mc/facts/fsveg7.html
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