According to scientists at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ecological imbalance triggered by
 global warming is accelerating the spread of zoonotic diseases. 
EPA
 environmental health scientist Dr. Montira Pongsiri stated, “Dramatic 
changes to the environment are triggering major alterations to human 
disease patterns ...” 
The recent eruption of swine flu that came
 from a mixing of animal-borne viruses is just one of the emerging 
diseases that concerns EPA scientists, who also cited malaria, West Nile
 disease and others that are on the rise due to such factors as warming 
climate and changes in agricultural practices. 
Over 300 new 
diseases have been identified since 1940, with 60% that have crossed 
from animals to humans. Scientists at the US Environmental Protection 
Agency, we appreciate your efforts to inform the public about the spread
 of zoonotic diseases that pose a threat to all of us. Let us all choose
 to live more lightly and thus protect our planetary home, especially by
 selecting the safe and immune-boosting plant-based foods.
Supreme
 Master Ching Hai has many times mentioned the need for humans to halt 
the consumption of animals to avoid related illnesses, as in an August 
2009 videoconference in Thailand.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: The swine flu is by far not the 
only scary disease - that also comes from or is spread by humans’ cruel 
treatment of animals. Avian flu, tuberculosis, Listeria, Crohn’s 
disease, mad cow disease, campylobacter, Staphylococcus aureus, etc., 
etc. And now, we have its more dangerous form, called MRSA, namely 
methicillin-resistant
 Staphylococcus aureus; it’s a “superbug” – meaning there is no 
antibiotic to cure it, no antibiotic for this superbug. 
These 
diseases arose because we over-breed animals and create the conditions 
for the diseases to form and spread. Other diseases came from hunting. 
HIV,
 the killer of 25 million people since 1981, is from humans’ consumption
 of primates. So, all these diseases, not just the swine flu, could be 
prevented if only humans turn away from such unhealthy, cruel, violent 
habits – the habits of raising, hunting, and eating animal flesh. It has
 be stopped, the consuming of animal flesh.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/deadly-animal-diseases-poised-to-infect-humans-1856777.html
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6930130/Scientists-warn-of-rise-in-diseases-spread-from-animals-to-humans.html http://www.eht-forum.org/#