This is a great point, and was advanced by Steven Davis, who claimed that eating grass-fed cows would cause fewer deaths than being vegetarian. Matheny however found an error in his calculation—you can see the paper for full details, but the short version is that veg diets cause much less harm.
This is a great point, and was advanced by Steven Davis, who claimed that eating grass-fed cows would cause fewer deaths than being vegetarian. Matheny however found an error in his calculation—you can see the paper for full details, but the short version is that veg diets cause much less harm.