Opinions
Opinions
| Date | Opinions | Topic |
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| May 30, 2006 |
''On Foster Care: Why Foster Care Reform Must Happen'' "'Let me stay in a home with loving parents that care for me,' writes Antoinette, age 14, in her poem, "To the Judge." "I want to be somewhere where I can live life as a child, in a better situation. Can you find a home that is truly good and where the people will help me?"In California, we are responsible for 8 |
Health Topics |
| May 22, 2012 |
''Opinion: OMB should release new food safety rules'' "Six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration met the deadline set by Congress to complete a set of proposed rules for implementing the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. It submitted those proposals to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. They haven't been seen or heard of since." |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 11, 2013 |
''Ounces of Prevention: Health Impact Assessments Can Help Improve Public Policy, Health Outcomes''
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| Mar 4, 2013 |
''Our Antibiotics Are Less Effective; Routine Use in Farming is Cited'' "The vast majority of antibiotics developed to treat people are given to the animals people eat. Farmers add low doses to feed and water to prevent disease in crowded livestock facilities. The drugs also promote growth. A bigger cow, pig, turkey or chicken translates into more money for producers. How does this widespread use in animals affect humans? It is killing us, a growing number of scientists say." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 11, 2009 |
''Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health'' "The late Tom Anderson, the family doctor in this little farm town in northwestern Indiana, at first was puzzled, then frightened." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 12, 2010 |
''Our view on food safety: To protect humans, curb antibiotic use in animals'' "Antibiotics are modern wonder drugs, but their weakness is that they can gradually put themselves out of business." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 6, 2011 |
''Our View: Food safety program cuts mindless, shortsighted'' "For the last month we have heard more than we needed to know about the nation's debt, and our government's inability to bring spending under control." |
Food Hazards |
| May 6, 2013 |
''Overused Antibiotics are Becoming Ineffective'' "As a nation, we need to exercise greater care with our use of antibiotics, in both humans and animals, so that these medications remain effective in treating serious bacterial infections." |
Antibiotic Innovation, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 15, 2009 |
"We don't add antibiotics to baby food and Cocoa Puffs so that children get fewer ear infections. That's because we understand that the overuse of antibiotics is already creating 'superbugs' resistant to medication." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 3, 2010 |
''Pearls before swine: It's time to cut the use of antibiotics in farm animals'' "Everybody knows that it is possible to have too much of a good thing -- and that is true also of antibiotic drugs, the great lifesavers of modern medicine." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
