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The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2014
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY MUST KICK DANGEROUS ANTIBIOTIC HABIT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-advisor/agriculture-industry-must-kick-dangerous-antibiotic-habit/article21539131/
The Atlantic, March 23, 2015
▶ THE ANTIBIOTICS PROBLEM IN MEAT A new study suggests that a consumer demand for chicken and pork in places like India, Russia, China, and Brazil will help drive a large increase in overuse of the drugs by 2030. Is there anything we can do about it? http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/the-next-big-antibiotic-resistance-threat/388430/
-▶ THE CHEMICALS GIVEN TO COMMERCIALLY RAISED LIVESTOCK, AND ADDED TO THEIR MEAT ARE A TOXIC STEW http://www.alternet.org/food/how-americans-are-duped-shoveling-huge-amounts-unhealthy-food-their-bodies
April 19, 2012 Mother Jones:
- ▶ HOW BIG PHARMA DOMINATES MEAT SCIENCE http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/04/bum-steer-how-big-pharma-makes-dominates-animal-science
WATCH
FIX ANTIBIOTICS:
- ▶ BIG AG, BIG PHARMA AND BIOTECH CARTEL ALL IN CAHOOTS: 80% OF ALL ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS http://www.fixfood.org/fix-antibiotics/
March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives
- ▶ NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346
June 21, 2012 Grist
- ▶ YOUR MEAT ON DRUGS: 30.6 MILLION POUNDS OF IT IN 2010: WILL GROCERY STORES CUT OUT ANTIBIOTICS?
80 percent of all the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are being used on animals to spur growth and compensate for crowded, dirty conditions. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria or “superbugs” continue to show up in food and cause infections in tens of thousands of people every year ...http://grist.org/factory-farms/your-meat-on-drugs-can-grocery-stores-be-convinced-to-cut-out-antibiotics/
Living On Earth, November 7, 2013
- ▶ HOW DRUGS GIVEN TO HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK MAY BE CREATING SUPERBUGS IN NATURE (AND HUMANS)
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/11/oh-poop-wildlife-shows-signs-of-antibiotic-resistance
US News & World Report, November 04, 2014
-▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT HOSPITAL GERM TRACED TO U.K. LIVESTOCK, STUDY FINDS http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/11/04/antibiotic-resistant-hospital-germ-traced-to-uk-livestock-study-finds
The Independent, November 18, 2913
- ▶ 'SUPERBUGS' COULD ERASE A CENTURY OF MEDICAL ADVANCES' EXPERTS WARN - ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/superbugs-could-erase-a-century-of-medical-advances-experts-warn-8944617.html
April 18, 2013 New York Times
- ▶ REPORT ON U.S. MEAT SOUNDS ALARM ON 'SUPERBUGS' http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/business/report-on-us-meat-sounds-alarm-on-superbugs.html?_r=0
RISING RESISTANCE:
NEW FILM
Lynne Peeples, Huffington Post
- ▶ EXPLORES SUPERBUG SPREAD AS HEALTH CONCERNS GROW - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynne-peeples/antibiotic-resistance-superbugs-factory-farming_b_2767267.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications
Time, October 25, 2013
- ▶ NEW REPORT DETAILS PROBLEMS WITH FACTORY FARMS - DRUGS IN YOUR MEAT http://science.time.com/2013/10/25/reports-pegs-lingering-problems-with-meat-production-in-the-u-s/
Digital Journal, February 1, 2014
▶ USE OF DRUGS IN ANIMAL FEED REMAIN HIGH TO FATTEN ANIMALS - RISK TO HUMANS http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/use-of-drugs-in-animal-feed-remains-high/article/368462
August 27, 2013 Food and Water Watch
- ▶ BEEF OR BULL? WHAT "SILMAX" TEACHES US ABOUT INDUSTRY SCIENCE - BIG PHARMA AND YOUR MEAT http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/beef-or-bull-what-zilmax-teaches-us-about-industry-science/
August 7, 2013 Reuters
- ▶ TYSON FOODS TO SUSPEND BUYING CATTLE FED ZILMAS, GROWTH ENHANCER http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-markets-cattle-idUSBRE97702X20130808?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
August 18, 2013 Care 2
- ▶ THESE DRUGS FATTEN UP CATTLE AS THEY CRIPPLE CATTLE http://www.care2.com/causes/growth-drugs-make-cattle-fat-and-also-lame-and-disabled.html
Reuters, December 30, 2013
▶ SPECIAL REPORT:
LOST HOOVES, DEAD CATTLE BEFORE MERCK HALTED ZILMAX DRUG SALES http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/us-zilmax-merck-cattle-special-report-idUSBRE9BT0NV20131230
- ▶ RUSSIA TO BAN U.S. MEAT OVER RACTOPAMINE RESIDUES - HORMONE GROWTH AND LEANNESS DRUG http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995949627/russia-to-ban-u-s-meat-over-ractopamine-residues-hormone-growth-and-leanness-drug
May 9, 2013 OpEd
- ▶ WORSE THAN GERMS - THE CHEMICALS USED TO DISINFECT MEAT AND SEAFOOD http://www.opednews.com/articles/Worse-than-Germs-the-Chem-by-Martha-Rosenberg-130509-976.html
April 6, 2013 - LifeWise
- ▶ USDA CAVES TO FOOD INDUSTRY PRESSURES, AGREES TO REVERSE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT PROHIBIT USE OF THREE TOXIC MEAT PRESERVATIVES http://southweb.org/lifewise/usda-caves-to-food-industry-pressures-approves-three-new-toxic-meat-preservatives/
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FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL BIG PHARMA ANTIBIOTICS CONSUMED BY MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY (What Are You Eating?) http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996846188/four-fifths-of-all-big-pharma-antibiotics-consumed-by-meat-and-poultry-industry-what-are-you-eating
May 9, 2013 Huffington Post Green
- ▶ ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA: BIG AG WASHES ITS HANDS OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-gunther/antibioticresistant-bacte_b_3141661.html
- ▶ BY THE NUMBERS: 30.6 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS ADMINISTERED TO U.S.LIVESTOCK IN 2010 http://ow.ly/bIVsm
- ▶ YOUR MEAT ON DRUGS: 80% OF ALL #ANTIBIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS http://ow.ly/bITJF
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VIDEO:
CBSNews
DRUGS IN FOOD A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK: REPORT
February 28, 2013 - Newsstateman
- ▶ MEAT MARKET: THE RISKS OF OUR CORRUPT GLOBAL FOOD CHAIN: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2013/02/meat-market-risks-our-corrupt-global-food-chain
May 1, 2013 Food And Environment Reporting
- ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR FOOD: WHAT'S CAUSING THE RISE IN ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY (AND WHY YOU SHOULD BUY ANTIBIOTIC-FREE FOOD http://thefern.org/2013/05/whats-causing-the-rise-in-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/
Nation of Change, November 17, 2013
- ▶ 4 HARMFUL THINGS HIDING IN YOUR MEAT - In addition to antibiotics, and hormones, here are 4 other things that could be tainting your meat. http://www.nationofchange.org/4-harmful-things-hiding-your-meat-1384703292
NPR
- ▶ PHARMED FOOD - ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=243035549
Reuters, October 22, 2013
- ▶ REPORT SLAMS CONTINUED ANTIBIOTIC USE IN U.S. LIVESTOCK http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-usa-agriculture-antibiotics-idUSBRE99L1F420131022?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews
Frontline PBS
- ▶ IS YOUR MEAT SAFE? ANTIBIOTIC DEBATE OVERVIEW http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/safe/overview.html
Al Jazeera America, December 11, 2013
▶ FDA ANNOUNCES NEW GUIDELINES TO LIMIT ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/11/fda-announces-newguidelinestolimitantibioticsinlivestock.html
- ▶ ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FARM ANIMALS STILL BROADLY UNADDRESSED DESPITE 'FANFARE' FOR FDA MOVE http://sco.lt/8A4ZdJ
July 29, 2013 EcoWatch
- ▶ IT'S YOUR MEAT. IT'S YOUR BODY .....U.S. BILLS AIMS TO RESTRICT ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE BY FACTORY FARMS http://ecowatch.com/2013/restrict-antibotic-abuse-by-factory-farms/
April 8, 2013 - Wake Up World
- ▶ WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE ANTIBIOTICS? http://wakeup-world.com/2013/04/08/what-really-happens-when-you-take-antibiotics/
March 27, 2013 - New York Times
- ▶ ANTIBIOTICS AND THE MEAT WE EAT http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/opinion/antibiotics-and-the-meat-we-eat.html?_r=0
Healthy Child Healthy World, October 2013
- ▶ THE HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR MEAT http://healthychild.org/easy-steps/keep-hormones-and-antibiotics-off-the-menu/
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- ▶ PHARMACEUTICAL, ANTIBIOTIC, CHEMICAL, PESTICIDE POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVER AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/7rpdbN
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NPR, November 4, 2014
- ▶ WHY ARE PIG FARMERS STILL USING GROWTH-PROMOTING DRUG? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/04/241603861/why-are-pig-farmers-still-using-growth-promoting-drugs
- ▶ COULD EATING LESS MEAT HELP SAVE THE PLANET AND AVOID AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3304266960/could-eating-less-meat-help-save-the-planet-and-avoid-an-ecological-disaster
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Ecowatch, Jan 29, 2013
AMERICAN MEAT
AMERICAN MEAT is a solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring farmers across America, it takes an even-handed look at animal husbandry.... http://ecowatch.org/p/food/factory-farming-food/
TODAY'S SEAFOOD SPECIAL
PIG MANURE, ANTIBIOTICS, AND DIARRHEA BUGS: AQUACULTURE AND FOOD LABELING http://sco.lt/8JKvc9
MEATONOMICS:
THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT CHEAP MEAT
SO YOU WANT TO EAT MEAT? FEEDLOTS vs PASTURES
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FACTORY FARMS
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65 BILLION ANIMALS RAISED IN CORPORATE CONCENTRATION PENS: DRUGS, GMO FEED AND 'AG-GAG' LAWS http://sco.lt/6GRczB
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November 24, 2010 OurWorld 2.0
- ▶ THE SHAME OF CONCENTRATED ANIMAL BEEF FEEDLOTS http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-shame-of-concentrated-animal-feedlots/
March 19, 2013 - Huffington Post
- ▶ WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE ANGRY ABOUT FACTORY FARMING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anjali-sareen/factory-farming_b_2904891.html
- ▶ THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/
#GMO
- ▶ BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS http://farmwars.info/?p=7897
VIDEO
Treehugger, August 15, 2013
THE MECHANIZATION OF OUR MEAT, FOOD SUPPLY
Without any words, the film makes a statement about the production of meat, its mechanization and the people and animals involved in that process. http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/wordless-comment-overconsumption.html
Globe and Mail, October 05, 2012
- ▶ CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE SLAUGHTERING 4,000 COW A DAY, 3,000 STEAKS A MINUTE? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/
Huffington Post, January 03, 2014
- ▶ THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR EVOLUTION BEYOND KILLING FOR FOOD - A PIG FARMER SPEAKS OUT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-comis/the-importance-of-our-evolution-beyond-killing-for-food_b_4518133.html?ir=Green&ref=topbar
June 20, 2013 New York Times
- ▶ USDA APPROVES A LABEL FOR MEAT FROM ANIMALS FED A DIET FREE OF GENE-MODIFIED PRODUCTS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/business/us-approves-a-label-for-meat-from-animals-fed-a-diet-free-of-gene-modified-products.html?_r=0
An Image Says A Thousand Words
Environmental News Network
- ▶ 4.3 BILLION CONFINED FARM ANIMALS POSE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS - CAFOs - http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44174
November 24, 2010 OurWorld 2.0
- ▶ THE SHAME OF CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDLOTS http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-shame-of-concentrated-animal-feedlots/
VIDEO
HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US? A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be
- ▶ MORE, BIGGER, FASTER : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY FARMING YOUR ANIMAL FOOD: Anti-Whistle-blower Ag-Gag Laws To Shut Down Public's "Right To Know' http://sco.lt/5n7fq
- ▶ ANTI WHISTLE-BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT FACTORY FARMS - AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv
VIDEO
by PAUL McCARTNEY (Former "Beatle")
THE WEBSITE THE MEAT INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE http://www.meat.org/
- ▶ rBST ARTIFICIAL GROWTH HORMONES: ALTERING OUR COWS TO ELIMINATE "STENCH" AND PRODUCE MORE MILK, SHORTENING THEIR PRODUCTION LIVES, BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html
- ▶ BREAST CANCER FUND - HORMONES PUMPED INTO DAIRY COWS
Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH)/Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST) . THE GIST: This hormone is injected into dairy cows to increase milk production and is found in milk, ice cream, buttermilk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products. Though research outcomes are mixed, several human studies have linked dairy consumption with increased risk for breast cancer http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/chemicals-glossary/bovine-growth-hormone.html
Stonyfield Farms
- ▶ WHY WE OPPOSE rBST, HORMONES , WHAT YOU CAN DO
A synthetic version of bovine growth hormone, rBST boosts milk production by 10–25%. USDA organic standards strictly forbid its use, and Canada and the EU have banned it. Here’s why we oppose the use of rBST http://www.stonyfield.com/healthy-people/our-yogurt/why-we-oppose-rbst
Union of Concerned Scientsts
▶ THEY EAT WHAT? THE REALITY OF FEED AT ANIMAL FACTORIES | Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/they-eat-what-the-reality-of.html
▶ FEEDING DEAD ANIMALS TO LIVESTOCK - AS HORSEMEAT HYSTERIA SPREADS, EU OPENS A MAD-COW CAN OF WORKS http://sco.lt/7GrQNV
Reuters, November 25, 2013
- ▶ NEW GERMAN COALITION WOULD SEEK STRICTER LABELING OF GMO-FED MEAT AND FOOD http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-germany-coalition-agriculture-idUKBRE9AO0DW20131125
Food Safety News, December 11, 2013
WHAT WE NEED IN THE USA:
- ▶ EU TO EXPAND MEAT ORIGIN LABELING IN 2015. The European Union plans to introduce origin labeling for pork, poultry, sheep and goat meat that will include information on where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/12/eu-will-introduce-origin-labels-for-meat/#.UqkLbvbpiRQ
Nation of Change, September 21, 2013
- ▶ CORPORATIONS/LOBBYISTS RULE: GOODBYE ORGANIC EGGS
PROPOSED FDA FOOD SAFETY RULES SUPPORT FACTORY FARM CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THREATEN TRUE FAMILY FARMING - : http://www.nationofchange.org/proposed-fda-food-safety-rules-support-factory-farming-threaten-family-farms-1379774141
Reuters, November 25, 2013
- ▶ NEW GERMAN COALITION WOULD SEEK STRICTER LABELING OF GMO-FED MEAT AND FOOD http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-germany-coalition-agriculture-idUKBRE9AO0DW20131125
August 8, 2013 Organic Consumers Association
▶ TORTURING ANIMALS WITH MONSANTO'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FEED http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28062.cfm
June 27, 2013 Nation of Change
▶ FIRST LONG TERM STUDY RELEASED ON PIGS, CATTLE WHO EAT GMO SOY AND CORN OFFER FRIGHTENING RESULTS http://www.nationofchange.org/first-long-term-study-released-pigs-cattle-who-eat-gmo-soy-and-corn-offers-frightening-results-13723
WATCH
80% OF ALL ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED ON FACTORY FARM ANIMALS
http://www.fixfood.org/fix-antibiotics/
- ▶ INVITRO BURGERS ANYONE? INSIDE THE COMING MEAT LAB; THE FUTURE OF FOOD http://sco.lt/5RSF8r
March 8, 2013 The New Yorker
- ▶ THE MEAT OF THE FUTURE IS AN IMPOSTER http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/
- ▶ THE DUMMYING DOWN OF COMMODITY BEEF- BuedelFineMeats http://www.buedelmeatup.com/2013/03/04/beta-agonists-the-dummying-down-of-commodity-beef/
- ▶ BEEF'S RAW EDGES - OUR INDUSTRIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM - PART 1 http://sco.lt/5gZpWT
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INDUSTRIAL PORK FACTORIES
An Image Says A Thousand Words
FACTORY FARM GESTATION CRATES
Mother Jones July/August Issue
- ▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT PORK PRODUCERS DO TO PREGNANT PIGS? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/pregnant-sows-gestation-crates-abuse
4 April 2013 Triple Pundit
- ▶ PORK PRODUCERS MUST HAVE 'ROCKS IN THEIR HEADS' TO USE SOW CRATES http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/04/sow-crates/
- ▶ BAN FACTORY FARM PIG CRATES IN NEW JERSEY - ForceChange http://forcechange.com/61963/ban-factory-farm-pig-crates-in-new-jersey/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ForceChange+%28ForceChange%29
- ▶ CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations): THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories
- ▶ THE RISE OF THE 'DESIGNER' FARM ANIMAL http://action.raw.info/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=22518&ea.tracking.id=1174f49c&utm_campaign=raw&utm_source=shared&utm_medium=link
+++++++++++++++"ENVIROPIGS" +++++++++++++++++++
Rather Than Find An Alternative to Extreme Factory Farming, The Biotech Industry is altering our animals to keep "more of the same" mega-profit factory farming going, with little regulation, oversight, or labeling for consumers:
- ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3
MORE ON CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Lots)
http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=CAFO
http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=factory+farming
http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=factory+farms
1. Martha Rosenberg is an investigative health reporter and the author of Born With a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks and Hacks Pimp The Public Health (Prometheus Books)
2. I can use this to explain what happens to the animals in slaughterhouses
http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/27/crimes-against-nature-food-industry/
^^^ the article i want