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Health & Wellness News tagged with contamination

Woman's Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws
Health & Wellness  (tags: beef, hamburger, E. coli, grocers, contamination, slaughterhouses, FDA, cows, meat, Angus, Beef, Patties, risks, health, disease, food, humans, illness, warning, government, dishonesty, cover-up, investigation )

Tom
- 50 days ago - nytimes.com
Many big slaughterhouses will sell only to grinders who agree not to test their shipments for E. coli. Tens of thousands of people are still sickened annually by this pathogen, federal health officials estimate, with hamburger being the biggest culprit.
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Officials: 28 Sick From Calif. Beef in 3 States
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, contamination, salmonella, health, prevention )

Michelle
- 107 days ago - google.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress To Make Our Food Safe!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, fda, contamination, children, families, senior citizens, safety, protection, prevention, nutrition, government, disease, business, consumers, culture, society, death )

Tom
- 194 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened from consuming contaminated food - and 5,000 of these people die. That's more than the number of individuals who lose their lives as a result of fire or unintentional drowning in the U.S. each year.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress That We Need a Major Overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration!
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, FDA, food, peanut butter, salmonella, jalapeno, spinach, pet food, beef, recalls, contamination, health, illness, prevention, protection, safety, warning, children, risks )

Tom
- 242 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Salmonella in Peanut Butter?! Eight people have died, hundreds have become sick, and millions more are at risk -- from peanut butter! Coming on the heels of jalapeno, spinach and pet food recalls, we need to prevent contamination at the source.
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Tell the EPA To Regulate Nano-Silver
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, science, safety, risks, protection, prevention, health, humans, government, ethics, environment, politics, ecosystems, endangered, regulation, contamination )

Chris
- 264 days ago - action.foodandwaterwatch.org
Nano-silver particles are making their way into our food, clothing and even our washing machines. There are unprecedented potential health and environmental effects associated with this new technology, yet EPA is doing nothing to test or regulate it!
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Contaminated Veggies Are the Meat Industry's Fault
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, contamination, animals, salmonella )


- 519 days ago - alternet.org
Salmonella is an animal pathogen, so it doesn't originate from tomatoes. Most experts agree that the bacteria probably come from groundwater contaminated with animal feces.
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Heparin Contamination Fiasco Reveals Dirty Secret of Drug Industry: Their Pills Are Made in China!
Health & Wellness  (tags: pharmaceuticals, china, contamination, FDA )

Kim
- 573 days ago - naturalnews.com
Remember a couple of years ago how the FDA warned Americans not to buy prescription drugs from Canada because they might be "contaminated by terrorists?" I'm not making that up: That was the official announcement of an FDA spokesperson, and it was part of
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USDA Refuses to Recall CONTAMINATED BEEF IF COMINGLED WITH OTHER BEEF
Health & Wellness  (tags: contamination, mad cow disease, beef, fda )

Sc
- 641 days ago - naturalnews.com
Following the unprecedented recall of 143 million pounds of beef that was potentially contaminated with mad cow disease, the USDA has decided that it's okay for children and consumer to eat that beef as long as it is comingled with beef from other cows
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Contaminated Chinese-Made Dumplings Sicken 10... Intentionally?
Health & Wellness  (tags: china, food, contamination, illness, poisoning, pesticide, china, japan, investigation, risks, food safety, import )

Vanessa
- 654 days ago - macon.com
Tests for the contaminants dichlorvos and methamidophos showed levels too high to be accidental, officials say. Many suspect dumplings were intentionally poisoned.
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Plastic Bottles Release Potentially Harmful Chemicals (Bisphenol A) After Contact With Hot Liquids
Health & Wellness  (tags: carcinogen, contamination )

Ian
- 658 days ago - sciencedaily.com
When it comes to Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure from polycarbonate plastic bottles, it's not whether the container is new or old but the liquid's temperature that has the most impact on how much BPA is released
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The Dangers of Genetically Modified Yeast Wine
Health & Wellness  (tags: unlabeled, contamination, genetically modified products )


- 685 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Despite the Wine Institute's recent statement that no genetically modified organisms (GMOs) should be used in winemaking, the Sacramento Bee recently reported that, according to American Tartaric Products.
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Kraft Recalls Baker's Premium White Chocolate
Health & Wellness  (tags: chocolate, recall, salmonella, contamination, risk, food )

Eduardo
- 783 days ago - reuters.com
Kraft Foods Inc said on Wednesday it recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares distributed throughout the United States due to possible Salmonella contamination.
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Grade School Linked to E. Coli Outbreak
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, disease, illness, E. Coli Outbreak, infections, contamination, toxins )


- 784 days ago - news.aol.com
The number of people infected with E. coli in Floyd County has jumped to 10, including seven schoolchildren who suffered kidney failure and required dialysis machines, health officials said Tuesday. All the people infected are linked to Galena Elementary
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Nigeria Destroys All China-Made Toothpaste
Health & Wellness  (tags: china, risks, humans, alert, contamination, toxins )

Ali
- 830 days ago - news.com.au
NIGERIA has asked retailers to hand over for destruction all imported toothpaste on their shelves after its food and drugs watchdog said it had discovered a harmful substance in a Chinese-made brand.
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Lab Likely Source of UK Foot-And-Mouth
Health & Wellness  (tags: laboratory, agrigculture, disease, cattle, animals, farm, livestocks, foot and mouthsafety, risks, humans, health, contamination )


- 842 days ago - news.aol.com
LONDON (AP) - Hopes rose Sunday that a potentially disastrous foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain could be contained, as scientists grew increasingly suspicious that the disease came from a high-security laboratory near the infected farm. The agriculture
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