Last week, FDA said they’d “recommend” reducing the use of growth-promoting antibiotic drugs in meat-producing animals. “Recommend”? Our Action Alert asks the FDA to actually do something about the problem.
Read it for yourself, and decide if it’s as namby-pamby as we think it is.
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, deputy FDA commissioner, testified before the House Rules Committee that feeding antibiotics to healthy farm animals should stop. The Union of Concerned Scientists has estimated that as much as 70% of the antibiotics used in the US are given to healthy farm animals. They are traditionally used to encourage growth or prevent […]
How the widespread use of weedkillers and an over-reliance on antibiotics compromise our ability to stay healthy, naturally. A new generation of superweeds have been identified that are resistant to pesticides to which they have never been exposed; antibiotic resistant bacteria and fungi threaten to kill millions of people worldwide in a few years’ […]
The headlines say yes, but the medical establishment is ignoring some important new evidence that could yet save antibiotics. Action Alert! Antibiotic-resistant illnesses currently kill an estimated 700,000 people a year globally. By 2050, these illnesses are expected to kill 10 million people. Based on recent news, this could be coming a lot sooner. Earlier this […]
Capitol Hill’s most powerful special interests resorted again to underhanded tactics.
The mainstream media’s focus is on food stamps—but here’s what the natural health community needs to know about the Farm Bill. Action Alert!
Five states have introduced seven different “Ag-Gag bills” to silence people who try to expose CAFO practices. State-based Action Alerts!
The agriculture industry is trying to make it a crime to be an undercover investigator at a factory farm. Goodbye, whistleblowers! Farewell, freedom of speech!