The Los Angeles City Council this week endorsed the "Meatless
Mondays" initiative, declaring Mondays meat-free. Los Angeles is
turning vegetarian – at least one day per week. Under a
resolution unanimously approved by the City Council this week,
all future Mondays in the City of Angels have been declared
"Meatless Mondays." It's part of an international campaign to
cut down on meat consumption for health and environmental
reasons. Both the spiritual home of the hamburger and a haven
for the health-obsessed, Los Angeles became the largest city in
the nation to support the Meatless Monday campaign. The
nonprofit initiative, started in 2003, is associated with Johns
Hopkins University's public health school. Councilwoman Jan
Perry, who introduced the motion with Councilman Ed Reyes, noted
the environmental impacts of meat production, and she emphasized
that a high-meat diet has been linked to health problems such as
colon, prostate, kidney and breast cancers, as well as heart
disease. "Eating less meat can preve