‘Gross Things in Meat’ Infographic Sources

All information included in the “Meat: Now, With Added Gross Things” infographic was obtained from the following sources. To find out more about the gross things in meat, check them out:

Poop

• Dr. Michael Greger, “Talking Turkey: 9 out of 10 Retail Turkey Samples Contaminated With Fecal Bacteria,” Nutrition Facts.org, 21 Nov. 2011.
• Dr. Michael Greger, “Fecal Bacteria Survey,” Nutrition Facts.org, 6 Apr. 2011.

Disease

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Listeria,” 7 Jan. 2013.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Salmonella,” 5 Oct. 2012.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Campylobacter,” 18 Apr. 2013.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “E. coli (Escherichia coli),” 3 Aug. 2012.
• The Bryant Part Project, “Staph Killing More Americans Than AIDS,” National Public Radio, 18 Oct. 2007.

Drugs

• Tom Philpott, “Today’s Seafood Special: Pig Manure, Antibiotics, and Diarrhea Bugs,” Mother Jones, Jan./Feb. 2013.
• Tom Philpott, “The Meat Industry Now Consumes Four-Fifths of All Antibiotics,” Mother Jones, 8 Feb. 2013.
• Martha Rosenberg, “Why Has the FDA Allowed a Drug Marked ‘Not Safe for Use in Humans’ to Be Fed to Livestock Right Before Slaughter?” AlterNet.org, 2 Feb. 2010.

Chemicals and Metals

• CBS News, “Study Finds Unsafe Mercury Levels in 84 Percent of All Fish,” 15 Jan. 2013.
• Nicholas D. Kristof, “Arsenic in Our Chicken?” The New York Times, 4 Apr. 2012.
• Tom Laskawy, “‘Pink Slime’ Is the Tip of the Iceberg: Look What Else Is in Industrial Meat,” Grist.org, 19 Mar. 2012.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, “Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products,” 30 April 2013.
• Beef Products, Inc., “BPI Lean Finely Textured Beef—What It’s Good In,” accessed 19 June 2013.
• Jim Avila, “70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’,” ABC News, 7 Mar. 2012.

PETA Pages

• The Truth About Eating Animals
• The Straight Poop on Meat
• How to Go Vegan