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Agriculture
From
the factory farms that are detailed on CNS1 to
the chemical pages you
may access through my site
map, chemicals do not seem to be helping the American farmers health or
trade.
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,244648-412,00.shtml
Healthy
Poultry = Sick Humans?
The FDA Wants To Ban Drug That Keeps Chickens, Turkeys Healthy
FDA Worried About Drug's Effect On People Who Eat Chickens
Drug Makers Say They Will Protest Because They Don't See A Problem
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2000
(CBS) What's good for poultry is not so good for people.
That's the Food and Drug Administration's conclusion Friday as it calls for a
ban on antibiotics widely used to keep
the nation's chickens and turkeys healthy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/29/national/29POUL.html
Government Proposes a Ban on Two Antibiotics Used in Poultry
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHINGTON, Oct. 28 — The government proposes to ban two antibiotics given to
poultry, citing evidence that their use is causing people to become ill from
drug-resistant bacteria.
Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago, Ill., one maker, will withdraw its
drug, but the Bayer Corporation of Pittsburgh, which dominates the market,
says it may challenge the ban.
The Food and Drug Administration says the drugs, known as fluoroquinolones,
are a "significant cause" of human infections by resistant
camplyobacter bacteria, contracted primarily by eating chicken.
Camplyobacter causes about 1.8 million illnesses a year, 190,000 of them
treated with antibiotics. About 11,000 of those this year will involve
drug-resistant bacteria, up from 9,000 last year, Steve Sunlof, director of
the F.D.A.'s Center for Veterinary Medicine, said on Friday.
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