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Sanitation and Disease Concerns Linked to U.S. Pork

You know things are bad in the pork industry when the whistleblowers aren't animal rights activists but the government itself. In May, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of the Inspector General exposed extreme sanitation and humane violations in 30 swine slaughterhouses it visited.

What’s in a name? Genetically Modified Foods Debate Growing in California

Reporting on genetically modified organisms bills in your state? Here's some helpful tips for following the money trail of political donations.

With rBGH Gone, How Safe is Milk Supply?

 Was that glass of milk you drank this morning safe? Government reports show that high levels of antibiotics and other drugs are common in dairy animals and their products. Worse, milk producers resist further testing lest their products be found unsafe.

Ag Pesticides - Good for Crops; Dangerous for Farmworkers

California's agricultural industry is tops in the nation and pesticides play a vital role in keeping it healthy. They also play a vital role in the lives of farm workers...a poisonous one.

Veterinary Drug Residues in Food? Probably

"Animal Pharma," the animal-drug divisions within drug companies, tends to operate under the public's radar.

Genetic Roulette: The Gamble Of Our Lives

In exposing the bullying and deceit of of the biotech industry, Jeffrey Smith’s mesmerizing film shines a bright light of hope that we can reclaim our health and our food systems. Watch it and be galvanized, inspired, and engaged. Then tell everyone you know.

A New Kind of Swine Flu: Meet H3N2v

A new swine flu variant has public health officials worried.

CT Scan Study: Overuse Can Raise Kids' Brain Cancer Risk

Immigration enforcement cracking down on farmworker clinics, vaccines innappropiately stored, hospitals ranked, drug-resistant gonorrhea spreading and more from our Daily Briefing.

Huge Victory for Farm Workers on the Pesticide Front

Arysta LifeScience, the manufacturer of methyl iodide, a toxic fumigant used in soil preparation for strawberries, carrots and other vegetable crops, has just announced that it is suspending all sales of the known carcinogen in the U.S.

Nitrates and Farming: Tainted Groundwater Worse Than Thought in California's Central Valley

Why are nitrates from agriculture such a big problem for groundwater in California's fertile Central Valley?

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