Food
Factory farms exposed in recall of half billion eggs
August 23, 2010WASHINGTON---The recall of half a billion eggs blamed in a nationwide salmonella outbreak has pushed to the top of the Senate agenda enactment of a long-stalled bill to strengthen federal food safety enforcement.
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Americans are dying to eat
August 12, 2010Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
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Farmworkers fight for rights in the tobacco fields
August 4, 2010GREENSBORO, N.C. - Nine migrant farmworkers have died in fields across the state from heat stroke, and others suffer from nicotine poisoning and exposure to deadly chemicals.
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The war on antibiotics
July 15, 2010Without strict new regulations, the way beef, poultry, and pork are produced in America could rob us of effective antibiotics.
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Study: Junk food addiction similar to crack-cocaine
March 30, 2010It doesn't take neuroscience to figure out that eating too much junk food is probably not good for you. Or does it?
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