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“She was in charge of the 'red team,' the group taking blood samples. (The group collecting urine to check pesticide exposure levels called themselves the 'gold team' in response.)”
― Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
― Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
“Food animals also get antibiotics for “growth promotion,” a metabolically mysterious process that has made possible the entire high-volume, low-margin business of industrial-scale farming. Since the 1950s, when two pharma company scientists discovered that feeding chicks the waste products from drug manufacturing made them put on weight much faster, many U.S. farmers have been giving tiny doses of antibiotics to cattle, swine, and poultry.34”
― Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA
― Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA
“Health and dignity are indissociable in human beings,” he said at the ceremony. “It is a duty to stay close to victims and guarantee their rights.” Urbani”
― Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of
― Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of
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