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Angry Doctors Use 1,000 Tomatoes To Spell Out Salmonella Source For FDA: It’s The Meat, Stupid!
WASHINGTON—As the Food and Drug Administration enters the 13th week of its struggle to identify the source of the salmonella outbreak that has reached 38 states and the District of Columbia, doctors will spell it out for them—quite literally. Doctors from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medici |
Foodborne Illness
Foodborne Illness Foodborne diseases are a serious and growing problem. Foodborne diseases cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Experts estimate that the yearly cost of all foodborne diseases |
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ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL TESTING Tests Don’t Prevent Drug Risks Although animal testing is required by law for all new drugs, it does not make them safe. An April 15, 1998, JAMA study shows how frighteningly common unexpected drug reactions are. In 1994, 2.2 million hospitalized patients had seriou |
The Source of Foodborne Illnesses? It’s the Meat, Stupid!
PCRM president Neal D. Barnard, M.D., in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C. The Food and Drug Administration has spent months trying to identify the source of the nationwide salmonella outbreak. In July, PCRM doctors literally spelled out the answer. Using |
Targeting the Real Cause of Salmonella
PCRM physicians called attention to the real cause of the nationwide salmonella outbreak by literally spelling out “It’s the meat, stupid!” with more than 1,000 tomatoes. The event, which took place in July in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C. |
Just the Facts
Beagle “Patent” Revoked U.S. Patent # 6444872, which applied to beagle dogs intended for use in experiments, was cancelled after the PatentWatch Project of the Center for Technology Assessment filed a legal challenge urging the government to reexa |
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BONE HEALTH Start Moving, Stay Moving It is believed that the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of Westerners is one reason for the sharp increase in hip fracture rates observed during the last five decades. A new Danish study fol |
Animal Waste Used as Livestock Feed: Dangers to Human Health
Every year, up to seven million Americans fall victim to foodborne illness. While the blame usually goes to overworked slaughterhouse inspectors who allow traces of manure to remain on meat, or to careless cooks who have not sufficiently nuked the uninvited guests in meat, there is another contributor: m |
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Organic Meats Are Not Health Foods
Organic Meats Are Not Health Foods So-called organic meats are sold as a means for people to reduce their exposure to hormones and chemical toxins. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) states that animals raised on an organic operation must be fed organic feed and given access to the outdoors. They a |
There's No Room for Chicken in a Healthy Diet
Q: Why has chicken become so popular? A:Unbeknownst to them, chickens have played center stage in a grand marketing campaign by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and chicken farmers aimed to promote chicken as some sort of "health food." With 9 billion chickens eaten each year in the U |
Eggs-tremely Disgusting: Inspectors Uncover Factory Farm Filth in Iowa
By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D. Could it get any worse? Answer: YES. At first, I listened with only half an ear to a radio report about federal inspectors discovering yet more |
Antibiotic Resistance from Animal Agriculture: Foodborne Illness and Medical Care
A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine September 2011 Resistant Pathogens in the Food Supply Salmonellae, Campylobacter, E. coli, and Yersinia bacteria thrive in the intestinal tracts of animals. Although vegetables such as spinach, tomatoes, or sprouts can become tainted with enteric bac |
Antibiotic Resistance from Animal Agriculture: Foodborne Illness and Medical Care
A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine September 2011 Resistant Pathogens in the Food Supply Salmonellae, Campylobacter, E. coli, and Yersinia bacteria thrive in the intestinal tracts of animals. Although vegetables such as spinach, tomatoes, or sprouts can become tainted with enteric |
Salmonella and Other Egg Hazards: Cooking Without Eggs
Salmonella and Other Egg Hazards: Cooking Without Eggs Many people choose not to use eggs in their diet. About 70 percent of the calories in eggs are from fat, and a large portion of that fat is saturated. They are also loaded with cholesterol—about 212 milligrams for an average-sized egg. Because eggshells |
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