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You Are What You Eat! How One Mom Won Crusade Against 'Pink Slime'


Posted on Mar 27, 2012 @ 04:00PM - 9 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Entertainment Editor

Pink slime has a big enemy, and she's got the power of the internet behind her!

Bettina Siegel is a Houston mom and blogger who started the petition to stop "pink slime" from being included in school lunches and her campaign has gone viral.

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She sat down with Anderson Cooper to discuss the horrifying addition to American beef, and she said her first thought was that she would be embarrassed by her efforts.

"When I started my petition my biggest fear was embarrassment because too few people would sign it and I would look kind of silly for even starting it," she said about her petition on Change.org.

Pink slime has a big enemy, and she's got the power of the internet behind her!

Bettina Siegel is a Houston mom and blogger who started the petition to stop "pink slime" from being included in school lunches and her campaign has gone viral.

She sat down with Anderson Cooper to discuss the horrifying addition to American beef, and she said her first thought was that she would be embarrassed by her efforts.

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Ryan Gosling Is A Bird's Best Friend, Wants To Save Chickens From Painful Deaths


Posted on Sep 10, 2011 @ 02:03AM - 8 comments

By Radar Staff

Ryan Gosling is working with PETA to try and ban a bizarre method of putting down sick chickens and turkeys.

The Notebook star, a well-known animal lover, wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of PETA, taking on slaughterhouses who use an approved method of euthanizing diseased chickens and turkeys.

Ryan Gosling is working with PETA to try and ban a bizarre method of putting down sick chickens and turkeys.

The Notebook star, a well-known animal lover, wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of PETA, taking on slaughterhouses who use an approved method of euthanizing diseased chickens and turkeys.

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The USDA now allows an excruciatingly slow and painful method -- submerging the birds in foam to suffocate them!

"If dogs and cats were killed in this way, the person committing these acts would be charged with cruelty to animals," Gosling wrote to the USDA. "Won't you please ban the foam-based suffocation practice immediately?"

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Gosling is not a newbie at tackling animal rights issues. Last year he wrote to the CEO of Kentucky Fried Chicken, asking that the restaurant chain impose humane farming practices on the suppliers of its chickens.

His latest action pic, Drive, opens September 16.

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