| Life cycle of meats: An opportunity to abate the greenhouse gas emission from meat industry in Japan. | |
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PMID: 22054588 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The food industry is one of the world's largest industrial sectors, hence a large contributor of greenhouse gases (GHG) which cause global warming. This study evaluates the life cycle of various types of meat to determine if the GHG emission from the meat industry in Japan could be reduced if the population makes different dietary choices. It was confirmed that the GHG emission of beef was greater than that of pork or chicken. The GHG emission from meat in general also depends on the per capita caloric intake (if meat supplies the recommended animal protein or contributes to it at the present rate). In a healthy and balanced diet (9.2 MJ i.e., 2200 kcal in total, where either mixed meat or chicken or pork or beef contributes 2.2%), the GHG emission is estimated to be 0.28 or 0.17 or 0.15 or 0.77 kg CO(2) eq/person/day, respectively. A change in consumption patterns (from beef to chicken or pork) and the adoption of a healthy and balanced diet would help to abate about 2.5-54.0 million tons (CO(2) eq) produced by the meat industry each year in Japan. |
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Poritosh Roy; Takahiro Orikasa; Manasikan Thammawong; Nobutaka Nakamura; Qingyi Xu; Takeo Shiina |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-10-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of environmental management Volume: 93 ISSN: 1095-8630 ISO Abbreviation: J. Environ. Manage. Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-11-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401664 Medline TA: J Environ Manage Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 218-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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National Food Research Institute, Kannondai 2-1-12, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan. |
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