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Genetic Engineering - Genetic Modified Organs (GMO): Genetically modified organisms or GMOs are living systems that have genes from other organisms inserted into their genomes through genetic engineering. Click to watch: the damaging health effects of eating genetically modified or GM foods.

Deforestation: Deforestation playing a major role in climate change. More than 300 experts stated, “If we lose the forests, we lose the fight against climate change.” But Amazon deforestation increases 69 percent due to demand for meat during Aug 2007 and Aug 2008 . The livestock sector is by far the single largest anthropogenic user of land.

Runaway Methane Global Warming: The rapid release of methane into the earth's atmosphere 635 million years ago caused rapid warming and mass extinction of species, disrupting the climate for more than 100,000 years.and may happen again in the near future, reported in Nature . (1)

Ocean dead zones: Animal agriculture is largely responsible for these regions that support no life, as fertilizers and manure make their way to the oceans, ultimately robbing it of oxygen and killing marine animals and plants in increasingly larger areas.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: "Scientists are now concerned that dead zones like this will just continue to be more and more, get bigger and bigger, which of course is lethal for all life. So, this is a small but very good example of why we need to be vegan, to renew the rightful balance of life.  And, of course, we also need to be organic vegan because so many of these dead zones are caused and made worse by chemical fertilizers that are primarily used for livestock feed. So, yes, be organic vegan.