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Fear on a Bun The Cancer Project wants to remind us that consumption of processed meats has been linked to cancer. It’s easy to forget that processed meats like hot dogs and pepperoni aren’t the healthiest thing in the meat aisle. Kids love ’em, and preparation is minimal.

msnbc.msn.com Experts say commercial overstates the mystery meat’s link to colon cancer. Its a startling moment in an ad that vilifies one of Americas most beloved, if maligned, foods, while stoking fears about a dreaded disease. Anatomy of a hot dogHot dogs typically contain muscle meat trimmings from pork or beef.

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Looks like the ban on dog meat during the Olympics was a farce. Big surprise. I'm sure it will be more out in the open along with their choking pollution problem once the games end.

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I was thinking about the banning of the flesh of dogs for human consumption at the 112 Olympic restaurants for the games, and thinking that it was speciesist, as dog "meat" is being banned because Westerners value dogs more than other animals and find the practice of slaughtering them and ingesting their flesh to be quite offensive (and some Chinese agree).

I was thinking about the banning of the flesh of dogs for human consumption at the 112 Olympic restaurants for the games, and thinking that it was speciesist, as dog "meat" is being banned because Westerners value dogs more than other animals and find the practice of slaughtering them and ingesting their flesh to be quite offensive (and some Chinese agree).

Police in Uganda have arrested two men they caught "preparing for sale a butchered dead dog as goat meat". "The Police in Wandegeya on Saturday arrested two men from Kalerwe found slaughtering a dog which the Police suspected they planned to sell as goat’s meat.... read more

irishtimes.com FEARFUL OF offending western sensibilities about eating man’s best friend, Beijing tourism officials have asked hoteliers and restaurateurs to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics.

As we reported 2 weeks ago, the Chinese government ordered restaurants in Beijing to stop serving dog meat during the time Beijing hosts the 2008 Summer Olympics. Something about scaring the Western tourists, etc…… But, fear not, because niche parts of assorted animals can still be purchased at a new speciality penis eatery in Beijing.