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Meritless Animal Rights Theory Skewered, Grilled by Court
Meritless Animal Rights Theory Skewered, Grilled by Court We reported about two years ago that the deceptively named “Physicians Committee” for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)—really an animal rights group with few actual physicians—filed a “toxic tort” lawsuit in California over chicken. Citing the Golden State’s “Proposition 65” law, PCRM wants to force restaurants to post...
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Animal Rights Group’s Lawsuit a Leafy Fantasy
Animal Rights Group’s Lawsuit a Leafy Fantasy We’re still trying to decide how to describe the latest lawsuit from the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), but the words “dumb,” “dumber,” and “frivolous” keep coming to mind. For the unaware (i.e., most Americans), PCRM filed a ridiculous lawsuit against the Food and...
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Milk Malice Too Extreme for Anti-Milk Extremist
Milk Malice Too Extreme for Anti-Milk Extremist In today’s Los Angeles Times, guest contributor Chris Woolston examines the science behind dietary milk recommendations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture advises drinking three glasses per day; a Harvard scientist recommends one or two. And in the moo-juice abstinence corner, Woolston quotes the radicals at...
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Kids Reject Vegan “Food Revolution”
Kids Reject Vegan “Food Revolution” The Congressional battle over regulating school lunch nutrition has drawn the attention of a number of activist groups that are trying to influence what’s on our kids' menus. One of them is the deceptively named “Physicians Committee” for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal rights organization...
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PCRM: The Doctor Is Out (of Line)
PCRM: The Doctor Is Out (of Line) If there’s one thing everyone should know about the phony “doctors” group known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), it’s that its leaders are vehement vegetarians who dress up PETA-style PR flacking with an air of medical authority. When PCRM was asked to...
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