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Antibiotic

Public Health Warning: This Meat May Contain Life-threatening Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
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Andrew Gunther

Is it acceptable that an accidental spillage in the kitchen refrigerator or the incorrect handling or cooking of meat at a restaurant can now result in a life-threatening -- yet entirely preventable -- antibiotic-resistant disease? Well, Big Ag seems to think so.

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FDA Should Share Data About Livestock on Drugs

Robert Lawrence | Posted 02.09.2013 | Home
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Robert Lawrence

To my mind, the most urgent argument for making the data public is that this syndrome of drug misuse in food animals is one cause of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that infect humans.

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Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now: GAIN -- Or Just Greed

Robert Weissman | Posted 08.06.2012 | Healthy Living
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Robert Weissman

The World Health Organization's Director-General recently warned of the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance in the starkest terms. Responding to this challenge, existing antibiotics must be conserved and novel antibiotics developed.

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Weekly Pulse: GOP Would Privatize Medicare, Gut Medicaid

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.06.2011 | Politics
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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a draft budget resolution for 2012. Ryan's program would pr...

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Meathead To Go Meatless: Call Me Potatohead

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Food News, Culinary, Vegetarian, Barbecue, Beef, Vegan, Factory Farms, Ovo-Lacto, Cooking, Party, Bbq, Food, Goldwyn, Eating, Grilling, Cookout, Slidepollajax, Meathead, Barbeque, Dinner, Steroids, Cafo, Hormones, Antibiotic, Union of Concerned Scientists, Home News
Meathead

Will I change the world? No chance. But this meatlover's voice is one more in a growing chorus and perhaps together we can change farming in the US.

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