Tag: Health
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Toxic Algae Plagues U.S.
A new, first-of-its-kind national online map by the communications firm Resource Media shows that 21 states across the U.S. have issued health advisories and warnings related to harmful algal blooms …
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Report Exposes Social Costs of Fracking on Rural America
A new report by Food and Water Watch examines the social impacts of fracking; comparing traffic, crime and sexually transmitted infections in rural Pennsylvania counties. Using a decade worth …
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Proposed FDA Food Safety Rules Support Factory Farming, Threaten Family Farms
After years of deliberation in Congress, interagency meetings, lobbyist activity and a never-ending stream of food poisoning outbreaks, the Food and Drug Administration is finally poised to implement …
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Report Confirms Fracking Pollution Sickens Residents in Texas As Regulators Walk Away
A new report released today provides an important window into a disturbing national pattern regarding the oversight of fracking-enabled oil and gas development: regulators, charged with protecting the public, are actively …
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New CDC Report Reiterates That Antibiotics in Agriculture Contribute to Rise of Superbugs
A Center for Disease Contro report released Monday highlights a growing public health crisis. Superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria are increasingly a problem as people face infections that are more …