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Entries by Andrew Gunther from 06/2011

Can Monsanto Police Itself?

| Posted 06.15.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Pesticides, Bt Corn, Monsanto, Gm, Monsanto Gm Crops, Monsanto Corn, Monsanto Farming, Monsanto Seeds, Monsanto Refuge, Huffington Post News

Rather than encourage the sustainable use of pesticides, too often agrochemical companies seek only to maximize short-term sales and profits.

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Still No Regulation to Keep Poisons Off Our Plate

| Posted 06.16.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Arsenic, Fda, Perdue Farms, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Big Ag, Chicken Feed, Pfizer, Antibiotics in Meat, Alpharma, Huffington Post News

Most of the rest of the world recognizes that adding a known poison to something you are going to eat is not a great idea. For example arsenic is prohibited from being added to any animal feed in Europe.

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E. Coli and the Misuse of Antibiotics

| Posted 06.26.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pamta, Mrsa, E. Coli Outbreak, E. Coli, Food, Healthy Living News

E. coli is resistant to several classes of important antibiotics. And the consensus is that one of the most likely reasons for the development of this multiple-resistant strain is the misuse of antibiotics in intensive livestock farming systems.

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