Laying hens are crammed with five to seven others into a tiny cage where they suffer for up to two years. They have as little space as you or I would if we lived our entire lives crammed into a compact car with six other adults. They can never stretch a wing, take a single step in any direction, or lie down comfortably. Eventually, the hens are shipped to slaughter to be ground into dog food or chicken soup. And millions of male chicks, useless to the egg industry, are either tossed live into grinding machines called eviscerators, gassed, or suffocated underneath other chicks in trash cans because the industry deems them unprofitable.
Eggs are cholesterol bombs, too, and a major source of food poisoning, particularly from salmonella.
The average egg yolk contains a whopping 213 milligrams of cholesterol, and eating just one egg a day can raise your cholesterol level by 10 points. Eggs contribute to obesity, heart disease, and other serious health problems. For instance, women who eat eggs daily nearly triple their risk of breast cancer. The egg slots on refrigerator doors are an endorsement of a cruel industry and a waste of space for millions of people who don't eat eggs for ethical or health reasons or simply because they find the idea of eating the product of a chicken's uterus repulsive. So, please give eggs the cold shoulder.