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UNEP Global Chemicals Outlook Report

UNEP Global Chemicals Outlook Report | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

September 2012- CSR International

Poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals is contributing to over one million deaths a year and global economic losses of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Between 2005 and 2020, the accumulated cost of illness and injury linked to pesticides in small-scale farming in sub-Saharan Africa could reach $90bn

UN Environment Program analyzed the major economic and humanitarian damage arising worldwide from poor chemicals management. The report highlights the failure of businesses and governments to adequately address the threats presented by hazardous chemicals and urges them to work closer together to develop more effective chemicals policies and promote best practices..... more

http://www.csrinternational.org/global-chemicals-outlook

 

Reversing The Burden Of Proof: More than 80,000 chemicals permitted for use in the U.S. have never been fested http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2765494206/reversing-the-burden-of-proof-more-than-80-000-chemicals-permitted-for-use-in-the-u-s-have-never-been-fully-tested-for-toxicity-to-humans

 

The Cancer Lobby http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3059233292/the-cancer-lobby

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Groups File Motion to Stop Factory Farms from Using Waterways as Dumping Grounds

Groups File Motion to Stop Factory Farms from Using Waterways as Dumping Grounds | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER — “If the Corporate CAFO (Confined Animal Feed Operations) and the Farm Bureau are successful, it will roll back core Clean Water Act protections that safeguard human health and the environment from unregulated releases of animal waste ..  – EcoWatch: ecowatch.org/2012/stop-factory-farms/

 

WATCH:  A RIVER OF WASTE This documentary looks at the potential hazards caused by factory farms in the United States, particularly by waste disposal. Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/river-waste/

 

April 25, 2013 - Washington Post
AT CHICKEN PLANTS, CHEMICALS BLAMED FOR HEALTH AILMENT ARE POISED TO PROLIFERATE http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-chicken-plants-chemicals-blamed-for-health-ailments-are-poised-to-proliferate/2013/04/25/d2a65ec8-97b1-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html

 

ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR FACTORY FARMED FOOD - PIGS, CHICKENS, VEAL, DAIRY, TURKEY, DUCKS http://sco.lt/7aFBUv

 

April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere
STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms

 

WHAT'S IN FAST FOOD CHICKEN? (Hint: It’s NOT Chicken) http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1785818535/what-s-in-fast-food-chicken-hint-it-s-not-chicken


YOUR CHICKENS ARE RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE-COUNTER AND EVEN BANNED DRUGS - CAFOS http://www.rodale.com/healthy-chicken?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-Rodale-_-Content-RecentNews-_-disturbingdrugmixchicken


Food Inc. - FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 39 DAYS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228118054/food-inc-full-grown-chicken-in-49-days

 

4.3 BILLION CONFINED FARM ANIMALS - CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1480506468/cafos-4-3-billion-confined-farm-animals-pose-environmental-and-public-health-risks

 

80,000 CHICKEN FARM (CAFO) PROJECT HAS ORGANIC FARMER WORRIED project has organic farmer worried http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2577673216/80-000-chicken-farm-cafo-project-has-organic-farmer-worried

 

FACTORY FARMS AND THE POULTRY INDUSTRY  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3643934709/groups-file-motion-to-stop-factory-farms-from-using-waterways-as-dumping-grounds

 

FOOD INC - FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN ONLY 49 DAYS ?! http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228118054/food-inc-full-grown-chicken-in-49-days

 

BLIND, FOOTLESS CHECKENS FOR FUTURE #CAFOs http://farmwars.info/?p=7897

 

CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FARMING - WHAT'S THE BIG SECRET - CAFOs - Take Action with the Pew Environment Group via @Voice_Of_Eye http://sco.lt/8nbPDV

 

28 Sept. 2012
HOW BIG AG LOBBYISTS USE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PROTECT CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/

 

CAFO - The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories

 

FARM TO FRIDGE - The Truth Behind Meat Production (It's Time To Stop Pretending and Wake-up to Industrial.animal farming http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/994530827/farm-to-fridge-the-truth-behind-meat-production-it-s-time-to-stop-pretending-and-wake-up-to-industrial-farming-now

 

AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD.  BUT WHAT IS IT REALLY COSTING US?  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1491991502/americans-eat-the-cheapest-food-in-the-world-but-what-is-it-really-costing-us

 

EATING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED - LEGALIZING CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING ANIMAL ABUSE AND PRACTICES http://sco.lt/8IZrqD

 

KFC PARENT COMPANY SORRY OVER CHINA CHICKEN SCARE  http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/KFC_parent_company_sorry_over_China_chicken_scare_999.html

 

 

WATCH:

THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ABOUT FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia

 

WATCH:

VIDEO : WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING? US AND THE PLANET  http://sco.lt/8DHbmL

 

 


++++MORE ON USA INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING TECHNIQUES AND THE SECRECY IT ENJOYS  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=ag+laws

 



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ANYTHING FOR A BUCK: Blind, Footless Chickens - CAFOs

In an attempt to further industrialize our food supply rather than create actual humane conditions for animals used for meat, there is a new proposal afoot. This new “humane” CAFO method requires rendering the chickens blind by “removing the cerebral cortex of the chicken” so that “its sensory perceptions are removed. READ REST OF STORY:

http://farmwars.info/?p=7897&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29

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80,000 Chicken farm (CAFO) project has organic farmer worried

80,000 Chicken farm (CAFO) project has organic farmer worried | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

These days, Carl Purvenas-Smith worries that his business model is falling apart. The construction of a chicken farm that will house 80,000 birds on a neighboring property has him concerned that he might lose his natural certification.

 

CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories

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