In uk.rec.gardening Oz wrote:
: Tim Tyler writes
:In uk.rec.gardening Michael Saunby wrote:

:: All in all it's better to eat meat - animals generally defend themselves by
:: running away rather than producing toxins, so all you need is a means of
:: catching them.
:
:Not logical. You can't conclude it's better to eat meat because it can
:run away.

: I see you have missed the point completely.

The point was apparently:

Assertion: "All in all it's better to eat meat"
Justification: "animals generally defend themselves by running away
rather than producing toxins"

A dumb syllogism with a false conclusion.

:Meat is higher up the food chain for one thing - and thus will concentrate
:environmental toxins.

: But not pesticides, because they are biodegradeable - a requirement.

Please don't publicly spout mis-information like this on health topics.

An estimated 88% of all pesticide residues resident in food are found in
meat and dairy products.

Numerous pesticides are concentrated in animal fat.

E.g. see:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

Here it is in plain english:

``Beyond reflecting long-term energy balance, [adipose] tissue offers a
relatively stable depot of triglyceride and fat-soluble substances, such
as fat-soluble vitamins, and pesticides. As a tissue it represents the
greatest reservoir of carotenoids in the body. Halogenated hydrocarbons
may be measured in concentrations of hundreds-fold greater than those in
blood of the same individuals.''

- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

"Halogenated hydrocarbons" are typically pesticides and herbicides.
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