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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."

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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."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
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."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Jan 11, 2013

''Ounces of Prevention: Health Impact Assessments Can Help Improve Public Policy, Health Outcomes''


How important are health impact assessments in improving public policy? Aaron Wernham, Project Director for Pew's Health Impact Project, says HIAs have "already shown promise as a way to prevent illness and, ultimately, save money." Read Wernham's opinion piece in the Institute of Medicine's Learning Health System Commentary Series.

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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."

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Food Hazards
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

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Health Topics
Jul 1, 2012

''Next steps to thwart 'superbugs'''

"An old saying goes, you don't miss your water till your well runs dry. When it comes to antibiotics, we're not only running out of water but there are no rain clouds on the horizon. The overuse and underdevelopment of these drugs have brought us close to the brink of a world without cures for deadly infections."

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Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Antibiotic Innovation, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Oct 4, 2012

''New Food Safety Rules Need to Be Implemented''

Debbie Frederick remembers her father, who passed away from a foodborne illness, as well as millions of Americans who suffer from preventable foodborne illnesses and the thousands who will die each year. She asks that proper protections be put in place to ensure the food on their dinner tables is safe to eat.

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Food Safety
Jan 6, 2012

''Natural Law''

"No act of Congress, no executive edict, no environmental permit or court ruling, has the power to overturn the laws of nature. Two recent news items illustrate why this matters."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Nov 5, 2011

''N.Y. has to really study gas drilling impact''

"When Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would let science and health concerns drive his decision about issuing permits for hydraulic fracturing natural gas wells, we were encouraged. When we read the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, however, that encouragement evaporated."

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Health Impact Assessment