Sacramento, CA (Vocus) December 9, 2008
Nowadays, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom warned wellness reporters and editors about a deceptive "survey" of fast-food meals becoming distributed by an animal rights group calling itself The Cancer Project. As reported in this morning's Los Angeles Times, the Cancer Project survey recommends meatless meals such as veggie burgers and cheeseless bean burritos as the only way to steer clear of consuming "unhealthful" quickly food.
Center for Consumer Freedom Director of Analysis David Martosko said: "It is critical to distinguish animal rights propaganda from genuine well being advice. This so-referred to as Cancer Project is essentially an offshoot of PETA. Absolutely nothing more."
The Cancer Project is led by Neal Barnard, a past president of The PETA Foundation. More than two-thirds of the Cancer Project's budget comes directly from the wealthy founder of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida. The Cancer Project's parent organization, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has also received more than $ 1.three million from PETA.
Earlier this year, The Cancer Project demanded that hot dogs be excluded from the National School Lunch Program. The single biggest study ever to examine meat and colon cancer diagnoses, a 2004 Harvard University project, discovered no link at all between the two.
Martosko added: "It's pure fiction to promote veggie burgers and bean burritos as a cancer-prevention strategy. This is just as a lot a component of the animal rights agenda as doing away with circus elephants and seeing-eye dogs. If you wouldn't take dietary guidance from PETA, you shouldn't trust this 'Cancer Project' group either."
Interviews and reactions to The Cancer Project's survey are offered. For a backgrounder on the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (The Cancer Project's parent group), see http://tinyurl.com/PCRM7things
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