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Obama Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock – NYTimes.com
The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans.
In written testimony to the House Rules Committee, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs, said feeding antibiotics to healthy chickens, pigs and cattle — done to encourage rapid growth — should cease. And Dr. Sharfstein said farmers should no longer be able to use antibiotics in animals without the supervision of a veterinarian
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Army Works to Cut Carbon ‘Bootprint’ – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com
The army is beginning to measure its carbon footprint, as part of a broader emphasis on the costs of climate change.
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UNLV prof to Congress: Mining contaminates Colorado River – Las Vegas Sun
Restarting uranium mining near the Grand Canyon poses a contamination risk to the Colorado River, serving more than 25 million people in western states, a UNLV hydrology professor told a congressional committee today.
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Climate change could put the heat on California crops – Los Angeles Times
“Climate change is not just about sea-level rise and polar bears,” said UC Davis researcher Eike Luedeling, lead author of the study. “It is about our food security. Climate change may make conditions less favorable to grow the crops we need to feed ourselves.”
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