Notes

Another recent study showed that organic vegetables contained more antioxidant polyphenols, such as phenol and cyclical acid, and contained 50 per cent less nitrates and significantly less residue of toxic chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides.

The report recommended that individuals reduce their exposure to pesticides by choosing food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers and washing conventionally grown produce to remove residues.

Conventional farming was heavily criticized because of excessive nitrogen draining into ground water, which led to serious environmental and health risks, particularly for pregnant women and children.

According to the Dieticians of Canada, approximately 4 per cent of Canadian adults and 2 per cent of Canadian youth followed a vegetarian diet.

Additionally, vegan diets were shown to prevent a number of health concerns such as cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer, colon cancer, breast
cancer, arthritis and osteoporosis.

World Bank agricultural scientists Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang
argued that livestock and their byproducts contribute at least 32,564 million tons of equivalent carbon dioxide (CO2e) per year, 51 per cent of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.