Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can pay more than those who want to preserve or restore the forest. We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet – for the sake of hamburgers

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

The most callous, stupid things were done just because regulations required them...It was not until 1983, for example, that U.S. federal agencies stated that substances known to be caustic irritants such as lye, ammonia, and oven cleaners, did not need to be tested on the eyes of conscious rabbits.

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.

If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man.

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.

If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal digital public library.