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CHICAGO - October 6 - Over 5,000 U.S. physicians have signed an open letter calling on the candidates for president and Congress "to stand up for the health of the American people and implement a nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance system."

The FDA wants to ban all imports from China that has any dairy products involved. They are also asking for all food manufacturers to test any dairy based food products that they may have already received from China in a US factory. (VIDEO)

Chemist James Schlatter was working on an anti-ulcer drug candidate in the labs of G.D. Searle & Company. He was recrystallizing aspartame from ethanol when the mixture spilled on to the outside of the flask he was using. Some of the powder stuck to his

The FDA has again prioritized industry interests over consumer safety by recently announcing that it will allow fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to be treated with ionizing radiation. What's worse, consumers will find it difficult to avoid irradiated gre

One of the most stalwart defenders of factory farming in America is the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and it's none too happy that the United Nations has concluded that the environment pays a heavy price for our addiction to meat.

Residents advised to boil their water until further notice

Health insurers aren't the only ones whose behavior is under a microscope in California. In Los Angeles, a new city ordinance makes it a misdemeanor for health facilities to transport a patient to a place other than his or her residence without written c

Perhaps the most common reason that people adopt a vegan diet relates to concerns over animal cruelty. More than 10 billion farmed animals are raised each year in the United States. Worldwide, the number exceeds 55 billion. The overwhelming majority of th

This is about the Westland Meat Packing Company, one of many slaughterhouses that operate in the United States. These companies are in the business of torturing and murdering cows and anything they can do to get the meat off those cows.