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Eggs Non Gratis
Warns against undercooked eggs, which could have Salmonella bacteria and can cause harm to the very young, old, and infirm.
http://www.linkny.com/~civitas/page74.html
EggCruelty.com
Contains photos and videos of animal cruelty taken at several of Ohio's largest egg factory farms.
http://www.eggcruelty.com/
Ask Joanne: What about Free-Range Eggs?
"'Free-range' is not a legal industry term; therefore it is essentially meaningless. Farmers use the term to imply that they practice a more humane standard of production but, in reality, there is no regulation regarding how the word is interpreted or used [in the US at least]."
http://vegsource.com/joanne/qa/qaeggs.htm
Humane Farming Association: Eggribusiness
Cites hidden health risks, injury to family farms, and suffering of the chickens as reasons not to eat eggs.
http://www.hfa.org/campaigns/eggri.html
No Battery Eggs Campaign
Describes the campaign by the Humane Society of the United States to free egg-laying hens from the confines of battery cages.
http://www.hsus.org/farm/camp/nbe/
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2006