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REPORT: Superbug Dangers in Chicken Linked to 8 Million At-Risk Women
Health & Wellness  (tags: antibiotic resistance, chicken, factory farming, health, superbugs )

Julie
- 307 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A growing number of medical researchers say more than 8 million women are at risk of difficult-to-treat bladder infections because superbugs - resistant to antibiotics and growing in chickens - are being transmitted to humans in the form of E. coli.
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Pilgrim's Pride: Stop Putting Poison in Your Poultry ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, poison, chicken, health, protection )

Cher
- 924 days ago - change.org
There's no need to use roxarsone in chickens' feed, and it's certainly not worth the health and environmental risks associated with it. Sign our petition asking Pilgrim's Pride to immediately eliminate its use of roxarsone.
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WTFood: McNuggets Have a Little Too Much in Common With Silly Putty
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, McDonald, chicken, research, interesting, nutrition, humans, ethics, children, warning, risks, safety, science, news )

Elena
- 1049 days ago - grist.org
Moms across the nation can breathe a collective sigh of relief every time their toddlers pop Silly Putty in their mouths with the news that that childhood mainstay is not completely unlike another one: McDonald's Chicken McNuggets
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Chickens Not Fooled By GM Crops
Health & Wellness  (tags: chicken, chickens, not, fooled, GM, GMO, crops, maize, corn, mercola )

Kellie
- 1355 days ago - articles.mercola.com
Chickens refusing to eat the maize they had been fed has led to the discovery that their feed had been genetically modified to include a well-known weed and insect killer.
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A Deadly Ingredient in a Chicken Dinner
Health & Wellness  (tags: chicken, arsenic, health, death, cancer, humans, food, government, risks, safety, science )

Cowboss
- 1426 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Most people don't know that the chicken they eat is laced with arsenic. The ice water or coffee they enjoy with their chicken may also be infused with arsenic. If they live on or near a farm, the air they breathe may be infected with arsenic dust as well.
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Sign Petition: Tell Your Senator to Support SB 416
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, livestock, cows, beef, cattle, poultry, chicken, pigs, antibiotic, resistant, bacteria, water, soil, food, danger, health, disease, warning, safety, humans, protection, illness, prevention )

Tom
- 1453 days ago - ga3.org
Livestock and poultry producers routinely feed antibiotics to animals to boost growth rates or counteract unhygienic living conditions. This creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria transmitted to humans through water, soil, animal contact, or food we eat.
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Abuse of Antibiotics at Factory Farms Threatens the Effectiveness of Drugs Used to Treat Disease in Humans
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, livestock, cows, beef, cattle, poultry, chicken, pigs, antibiotic, resistant, bacteria, water, soil, food, danger, health, disease, warning, safety, humans, protection, illness, prevention )

Tom
- 1454 days ago - sierraclub.org
Industrial-style livestock operations increases the use of antibiotics in animals. Thousands of animals are crammed into the unhygienic, crowded quarters of a typical factory operation, and antibiotics are dispensed constantly through the animals' feed.
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Sign Petition: Improve California Hen Welfare and Food Safety
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, suffering, cruelty, death, environment, humans, health, safety, risks, disease, food, illness, money, corruption, business, dishonesty, factory, farming, pig, cow, chicken, fish, water, pollution, meat, steroids, antibiotics, global, warming )

Tom
- 1464 days ago - community.hsus.org
AB 1437 will require that all shelled eggs sold in California as of January 1, 2015 be in compliance with the basic animal care standards set forth in the Prevention Farm Animal Cruelty Act, which was approved by 63.5 percent of voters in November 2008.
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Take Action: Ask Congress to Maintain the Ban on Chinese Chicken
Health & Wellness  (tags: warning, safety, risks, protection, prevention, nutrition, illness, health, food, government, family, ethics, disease, children, China, food, poultry, law, profit, Tyson, chicken, imports )

Chris
- 1499 days ago - action.foodandwaterwatch.org
In 2008, Congress successfully blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from allowing imported processed poultry from China. However, corporations such as Tyson and Cargill have been putting pressure on Congress to lift the ban so they can profit more.
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Avian Flu Found In Tyson Chickens
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, protection, safety, risks, warning, chicken )

Kim
- 1812 days ago - wesh.com
Officials with Tyson Foods said some of their hens tested positive for the disease in Arkansas
8 comments
Extinction Threat to Country Chicken
Health & Wellness  (tags: epidemic, bird flu, extinction, chicken, chickens, culling, disease, disease spread, india, asia )

Shandril
- 1893 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The indiscriminate culling of country chickens in the wake of the bird flu outbreak in the state might soon lead to their disappearance or even extinction, warn scientists and experts.
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Someone at the Food and Drug Administration or at the Department of Agriculture Was Asleep at the Switch
Health & Wellness  (tags: FDA, Food, Dog Food, Pet Food, Chicken, Wheat, Pork, Rice )

Susan
- 2200 days ago - pittsburghlive.com
This new worry started with food for our dogs and cats. It quickly escalated to chicken and pork products meant for our tables. And there's good reason for this new concern.
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