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Are There Drugs in Your Chicken Dinner?
Health & Wellness  (tags: food safety, environment, food, health, safety, risks, research, protection, nutrition, GMO, food, organic, healthy, Sustainabililty, home )

Organic
- 20 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
Scientists found evidence of both legal and banned drugs in factory-farmed chickens--including ingredients from Tylenol, Benadryl and Prozac. Farms feed chickens mood-altering drugs so they are not stressed out, making their meat tough.
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Tell USDA To Reject "Agent Orange" Corn ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: food safety, corn, GE, Dow, USDA, herbicides, toxins, health, food )

Nancy
- 107 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
Agent Orange was the chemical defoliant used by the U.S. in Vietnam, and it caused lasting ecological damage as well as many serious medical conditions in both Vietnam veterans and the Vietnamese.
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10 Biggest Food Recalls in U.S. History
Health & Wellness  (tags: Food Recall, US History, Government, Food Safety, Farms )

Katie
- 234 days ago - businessinsurance.org
Even as the government tries to strengthen the nation's food safety through legislation, food recalls will only continue to happen until farms, factories and slaughterhouses improve their own sanitation and production methods.
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GM Corn Pesticides Found in Indiana Streams
Health & Wellness  (tags: agriculture, environment, food safety, GMOs, health, pesticides, safety, water )

Julie
- 545 days ago - blogs.nationalgeographic.com
Pesticides produced by genetically modified (GM) corn have been found dissolved in streams in Indiana, raising new questions about whether GM foods could have impacts beyond immediate food safety.
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New York Community Continues Opposition of New Factory Farm
Health & Wellness  (tags: factory farms, new york community, health, animal cruelty, food safety )

Simone
- 555 days ago - animals.change.org
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) represent everything that is wrong with factory farming and modern animal agriculture in general. A lengthy piece in the Chicago Tribune detailed the negative impact CAFOs have on human health, food safety,
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Stop Fake "Food Safety" Bills, S.510/S.3767 -- URGENT ACTION NEEDED!
Health & Wellness  (tags: s.510/3767, Food Safety, congress, organic farming )

Just
- 616 days ago - healthfreedomusa.org
For more than a year, the plan to capture - and kill - clean, local, organic, independent and safe farming has been wending its way through Congress. Last year, the devastating HR 1279 passed although we put up a good battle, delaying it . . .
131 comments
British Pressure for GM Crops Unwelcome in Europe
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, environment, food safety, government, GMO, health, humans, research, risks )

Julie
- 682 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Governments in the UK have been accused of ignoring the safety concerns of many countries about new food technologies
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Alcohol Detox - Your Social Drinking Habits
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, detox, detox diet, detox diet plan, alcohol, drinking, drinks, food, Food Safety, safety, society, risks, illness )

FatJ
- 793 days ago - aboutdetoxdiet.com
Alcohol can gradually damage your systems if you do not limit the amount of hard liquor that you are consuming. Over a period of time and if you are not careful, alcohol can lead to liver and kidney problems, addiction and weight gain .....
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Is Your Food Genetically Modified?: How to Tell
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMF, food, food safety, grocery, health )

Talathiel
- 842 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
As reported by Maria Gallagher, in the June 26, 2002 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer, by reading the PLU code, you can tell if the fruit was genetically modified, organically grown or produced with chemical fertilizers, fungicides, or herbicides...
42 comments
Nanotechnology in Food? WTF!
Health & Wellness  (tags: safety, study, humans, nanotechnology, Food Safety )

Tonya
- 865 days ago - food.change.org
One of the major safety worries about nanotechnology has been the suggestion that such small particles could feasibly cross cellular membrane barriers
6 comments
Those 50 and Older Most Vulnerable to Food Illnesses
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, research, study, science, Food Safety, illness, prevention )

Dee
- 1141 days ago - usatoday.com
Doctors thought children under 4 were more at risk because cases involving young kids are seen at much higher rates, says CDC epidemiologist Kavita Trivedi. But that could be because parents "get more nervous and so take their kids in," she says.
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Pistachios Recalled in U.S. Due to Salmonella Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: food safety, healthy eating, healthy living, wellness )

Past
- 1150 days ago - reuters.com
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said several illnesses had been reported that may be associated with the contaminated pistachios.
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How Codex Alimentarius Promotes Pesticides- WARNING
Health & Wellness  (tags: Food safety, freedoms, lies, death, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', usa, usa, government, crime, bushadministration, obama, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, diet, disease, drugs, environment, protection, prevention, risks, healthcare, warning, cancer )

Elderberr
- 1266 days ago - healthfreedomusa.org
Instead of encouraging a move toward a sustainable, sane, economically viable, toxin-free, organic agricultural system, Codex Alimentarius says, in effect"Put more pesticides on crops along with more antibiotics in food animals. When you get sick from all
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Dear Mr. President-Elect -- Rethink Food & Agriculture Policies: Organic Food! Food Sovereignty! Food Safety! Factory Farms!
Health & Wellness  (tags: American, world, food system, political agenda, agriculture, policy, sustainable, farming, health, food safety, sovereignty, prices, availabilty, quality, organic, food riots, World Bank, IMF, world's farmers, consumers, factory farms, global warmin )

PeasantDi
- 1281 days ago - fooddemocracy.wordpress.com
You're probably thinking that eating organic food in White House carries a political risk. You can easily deflect charge of elitism leveled at sustainable-food movement. Reform our food system! Help us take control of family dinner & our diet back from...
10 comments
More Tainted Eggs From China
Health & Wellness  (tags: poison, melamine, eggs, China, Food Safety )

Clever
- 1304 days ago - nytimes.com
Hong Kong for the 2nd time in a week they have found a batch of eggs imported from China that contain high levels of melamine, the same industrial chemical that has been blamed for contaminating China's milk supplies. Terrorists couldn't do more damage...
3 comments
 
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