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Activists demand end to overuse of antibiotics in agriculture industry
2014-10-24 06:46:21| Agriculture - Topix.net
A group in Madison is calling on the federal government to stop farmers from using antibiotics on cattle that aren't sick. WISPIRG is launching a campaign called "End the Abuse of Antibiotics", citing a poll conducted by Consumers Union that finds 97 percent of doctors surveyed said they were concerned about drug-resistant infections.
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Tonight: FRONTLINE Airs Report on Antibiotics Overuse in the American Meat Industry
2014-10-15 07:22:07| Livestock - Topix.net
Tonight, PBS's FRONTLINE will air the second in its two-part series exploring the mounting crisis of antibiotics resistance-- now among the top five health threats facing the nation according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The series picks up on last October's sobering account of the misuses of antibiotics in human medicine and how they've contributed to the rise of resistant bacteria--known as "superbugs".
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Sri Lanka: Jaffna aquifer depleting from overuse
2013-05-28 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: The single limestone aquifer, which is the main source of freshwater in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, is gradually depleting through overuse, researchers say. "The area suffers from severe groundwater imbalance which might reach crisis proportions in the future," Shanti de Silva, one of two scientists who carried out the research for the agricultural department of the University of Jaffna, told SciDev.Net. At a presentation of the research results last month (18 April), de Silva called...
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