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Michael Pollan on What Sustainability is Really About
Michael Pollan writes in the New York Times about how the word sustainability is losing its meaning.
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Antibacterial Cleaners Do More Harm Than Good
John previously noted that the triclosan in antibacterial soaps and cleaners was a gender bender that was disrupting the natural grown of frogs and was found in 55% of the rivers and streams in America, and provided a long and surprising list of
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Microscopic Biodiversity Vital for You and Me
Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they're not there--or that they're not imperative to our survival. The health of our planet depends on billions and billions of tiny, invisible organisms, according to
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Keep Antibiotics Working
An estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are regularly added to the feed of livestock and poultry that are not sick. The antibiotics are used to promote growth for the animals, but they also have negative effects on human
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How Industrial Farming Hurts Us, Even if We Don't Eat It
Even if you don't eat meat or buy organic, our industrial farming system can be seriously bad for your health. The Food and Drug Administration is about to approve the drug cefquinome for use in cattle, where there are more than a dozen other drugs
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Factory Farms Should Make Safer Turkeys
The turkeys on our Thanksgiving dinner tables this year are different from the ones the Pilgrims had at the first Thanksgiving. Nearly all of the 50 million turkeys Americans will eat on Thursday will come from animal factories. While raising turkeys
