There are many reasons people decide to become a vegetarian but as they learn more on the topic they discover some interesting things. Cross contamination of animal diseases to humans seems to have happened before. It sounds more like some horrific science fiction movie but there have been some studies on the matter and it looks like it is possible. Salmonella is the most everyday version of cross contamination of animal disease to human disease. There is some study that says at least one third of all chicken in the Unites States market is contaminated with Salmonella and it could be as high as half.

We have all heard of Bird Flu, Swine Flu and Mad Cow disease in the news over the past few decades and this is what they are talking about. It is still rather rare but they are concerned about it becoming a pandemic some day. There is a historian by the name of Norman Cantor who believes that the early pandemic Black Death was more than likely from animal to human contamination. He believes that there was some sort of anthrax in the cattle and that may have contributed to massive sickness. These things are still very rare but maybe it won’t hurt to find a great vegetarian restaurant or two on this site to have peace of mind.

Vegetarian Safe is a post from: Scape Now News and Views

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