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is QIN Leather, used for smartphone cases, vegan?

Recently I have been looking at smartphone cases and I am not sure what to make of what the QIN leather means when listed as a material. In some of the products, there is explicitly written QIN PU leather, where PU should mean polyurethane (bicast)…
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What kinds of vegan sausage casings/skins are there?

I would like to make my own vegan sausages at some point, but I have no clue about vegan casings/skins. Do edible ones exist or are they all inedible? Are some much more processed than others? Do some contain a lot of artificial chemicals (i.e.…
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Is Sodium oleate vegetarian and/or vegan?

I am wondering if Sodium Oleate is vegetarian and/or vegan. I found this article which might be about it, and I followed the links to this article, which says that Stearic acid is obtained from fats and oils by the saponification of the…
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Is there any evidence connecting meat consumption and violent behaviour?

A connection between animal cruelty and other forms of violence has been observed by a number of people and is often quoted in various forms. He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by…
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Which animal species is the most negatively affected by indirect human activities?

Realising the direct impact humans have on animal species is easy - it is obvious and intended. Changing one's actions so as to not impact these animals is therefore easy as well, one just stops doing this or that. We do, however, affect animals in…
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Are there any studies comparing genes of veg*ns and non-veg*ns?

I am not explicitly asking for results of these studies (but I don't mind an answer that does this, if statistically significant) but rather whether there have been any studies at all that looked at and compared genes of veg*ns and non-veg*ns. While…
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How big would the populations of farm animals be if not artificially raised by humans?

To satisfy our palate (and dietary needs, historically) we started to use many animals, some of which we now keep in extremely high numbers (estimates of 1 billion to 1.4 billion of cattle alone). What would these numbers be had we chosen different…
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How much is a person's greenhouse gas footprint reduced by eating vegetarian?

Animal agriculture has been identified as playing a large role in climate change. I am interested in how much of a difference someone can make through diet changes. How much is the average North American's greenhouse gas footprint reduced by eating…
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Are there any countries where the percentage of people who are vegetarian has significantly increased in recent years?

Looking at this list, I see that the vegetarianism percentage within the general population varies a lot from country to country. My country (Romania) does not even appear in this list, and I could not find any reliable source about the percentage…
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What funded research projects are going on in the field of vegetarianism?

Is vegetarianism a well researched topic? By asking this question I mean university and industry level research. Livestock has more financially strong background so industry people and government invest in research related to this. But considering…
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Many plants need animals to grow (pollination, worms digging up the soil, etc.); when is it still vegan?

Many plants need animals to grow, for example, by relying on pollination or on worms digging up the soil. Usually, animals arrive naturally to perform those roles, but in some circumstances, people may choose to "help nature" and introduce…
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What are some natural, non-animal sources of heme?

Recently Pat Brown introduced the Impossible Burger with the "magic" ingredient of heme, a naturally occurring bio-chemical in animals, that makes meat smell, taste and bleed like meat. What are the naturally occurring non-animal sources of heme?
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Is there vegan glue that works well on fabric?

I want to buy fabric glue but I suspect that the kinds you normally find are not vegan. Are there a vegan fabric glues, or alternative adhesives that would work for fabric?
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Can products labeled as "produced in factory that handles milk" be considered vegan?

I know about some vegetarian labeled products that do not contain any non-vegan substances per se, they are just being produced in factories that produce other products which, in turn, contain dairy etc. While, presumably, not vegan enough to get…
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How to be healthy while ageing, on a vegan diet?

What health recommendations can be given to older people that want to follow a vegan diet? Is there any particular concern? Related questions: Is it safe to raise babies and young children on a vegan diet? How to be healthy during a vegan…
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