Topia!: Society: Lifestyle Choices: Veganism: Criticisms of Eggs (4) See Also: Home: Cooking: Dairy: Eggs Shopping: Crafts: Nature: Eggs Society: Issues: Animal Welfare: Farming: Poultry 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. 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]." 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. Humane Farming Assosiation: Eggribusiness - Cites hidden health risks, injury to family farms, and suffering of the chickens as reasons not to eat eggs. Additional categories: compact tractors reflecting telescopes inkjets put your computer to work computer cases

Criticisms of Eggs