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Missouri may allow meatpacker to release wastewater into already-impaired river (missouriindependent.com)

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A southwest Missouri river already contaminated with E. coli could soon receive up to 350,000 gallons of wastewater daily from a meatpacking facility.

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Environmental problems are more inherent to meat production than that. The best-case production of animal products comes out worse than the worst case production of plants for human consumption

Transitioning to plant-based diets (PBDs) has the potential to reduce diet-related land use by 76%, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, eutrophication by 49%, and green and blue water use by 21% and 14%, respectively, whilst garnering substantial health co-benefits

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Plant-based foods have a significantly smaller footprint on the environment than animal-based foods. Even the least sustainable vegetables and cereals cause less environmental harm than the lowest impact meat and dairy products [9].

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/htm