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   WASHINGTON (PRNewswire) – The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine   
   (PCRM), a radical animal rights group masquerading as a medical charity, has   
   sunk to a new low, charges a consumer advocacy organization.   
      
   PCRM is using the discovery of a single, isolated case of mad cow disease as   
   ammunition to further the cause of its parent group, PETA (People for the   
   Ethical Treatment of Animals).   
      
   Today the Center for Consumer Freedom called on PCRM to stop misleading   
   Americans and come clean about its animal rights motive for attacking   
   Americans who eat meat. PCRM has well-documented ties to the animal rights   
   movement, including nearly $1 million in financing from PETA. PCRM's   
   president, a non-practicing psychiatrist named Neal Barnard, sits on the   
   board of The PETA Foundation along with PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk.   
      
   PCRM has asserted itself as a home for anti-meat nutrition zealots who   
   promote strict vegan eating at the expense of good health and common sense.   
      
   David Martosko, Director of Research at the Center for Consumer Freedom,   
   said: "The mission of this phony 'Physicians Committee' is the same as   
   PETA's: to remove meat from our diets by any means necessary. In the face of   
   mad-cow fear, the group is actually advising people to stay away from   
   chicken as well.   
      
   "Steering an unsuspecting public toward a radical animal-rights lifestyle   
   isn't very 'responsible.'"   
      
   The American Medical Association has soundly rejected PCRM's advice in the   
   past, calling the group's recommendations "irresponsible and potentially   
   dangerous to the health and welfare of Americans."   
      
   In a public censure, the AMA has marveled at "how effectively a fringe   
   organization of questionable repute continues to hoodwink the media with a   
   series of questionable research that fails to enhance public health."   
      
   Martosko added: "It's disturbing, but not surprising, that PCRM would try to   
   stir up fear to advance its radical agenda.   
      
   "Thankfully, most Americans know better than to take dietary advice from   
   PETA. But when animal rights lunatics put on the sheep's clothing of the   
   medical profession, the media and the public end up being seriously misled."   
      
   The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by   
   restaurants, food companies and consumers working together to promote   
   personal responsibility and protect consumer choices. To learn more, visit   
   www.ConsumerFreedom.com .   
      
   PRNewswire   
      
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