De-forestation occurs on a mass scale to grow crops for feed and to house the animals. 33% of the world’s methane emissions come from animal industries, seriously affecting global warming. Chemical run-off from leather tanning processes and feed farming and manure run-off from farming animals bleeds straight into our waterways. Mass amounts of plastics are used for packaging. Originating from crude oil, non-degradable plastics are processed using mass amounts of earth’s resources and end up in our waterways or burnt at dumps releasing toxins into the air and land affecting our health. Aside from the well-documented effects of meat and dairy on your health and the use of plastics, the environmental effects of animal exploitation have a major impact on health due to chemical use, water and air pollution and the subsequent effects on our food crops. Land use for animal farming and the use of GMO seeds for these animals leads to community and cultural displacement which perpetuates cycles of poverty for millions of humans. Exploitation of our ocean’s animals ensures the balance of this delicate ecosystem disrupted niramayaearthsanctum.org/intersectional-approach
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