Animal Slaughter History

To many people the idea of lab grown meat sounds repulsive, but with further research into the subject they may alter their opinion. It all started in 1931 when Winston Churchill proclaimed, "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium." Even though he was not a scientist and had no idea of what would go into growing meat, chemists ran with the idea and finally succeeded. The first breakthrough was when Dutch scientists used cow stem cells to grow the first beef-like muscles tissue. After many more advances the first lab grown burger taste test was held in London on August 5, 2013. Only two people permitted to savor the five ounce burger: Josh Schonwald, the American author of “The Taste of Tomorrow,” and Hanni Rützler, an Austrian nutritional scientist. Both established that it tasted "almost" like a legitimate hamburger. Not bad for the first test. Now Memphis Meats, an organization dedicated to creating lab grown meat, has manufactured meatballs that according to the taste tester in their video "tastes like a meatball". So if the flavor keeps getting better and better, why wouldn 't this evolution …show more content…
Toxic hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, which pollutes the air, originates from manure and with an estimated 500 million tons produced annually, air pollution is much higher than it needs to be. Manure has also been linked to leach poisonous nitrates found in the waters near by. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), one of the biggest causes of pollution originates from the bacteria and viruses coming out of the farms and slaughterhouses carried by runoff and groundwater into lakes and rivers. If animals were no longer raised and killed for their meat we could significantly lower the pollution identified in the atmosphere; therefore, making earth a healthier place to