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March 5, 2013
Getting More Farm Antibiotics Data: What Will It Take?
Last week, the Senate committee charged with overseeing agricultural antibiotic use took up reauthorization of the regulation that delivers data on ag drugs, without allowing any testimony about the negative, unintended consequences of mis-using and overusing those drugs. Now, other ...
February 24, 2013
“Sh*t, Just Ship It”: Felony Prosecution for Salmonella-Peanut Executives
A district court in Georgia has unsealed a 76-count, 52-page indictment of former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), charging them with fraud and conspiracy for knowingly distributing peanut products contaminated with Salmonella. More than 700 people were ...
“Sh*t, Just Ship It”: Felony Prosecution For Salmonella-Peanut Executives
A pretty extraordinary thing happened Thursday, here in Georgia: A district court in the middle part of the state unsealed a 76-count, 52-page indictment of former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), charging them with fraud and conspiracy ...
February 14, 2013
Project Update: Resistance (The Film) Has A Kickstarter
About a year ago, I told you about an indie effort to put together a superbug documentary called Resistance. The filmmakers, Ernie Park and Michael Graziano (who made the excellent documentary Lunch Line about school lunch programs), have been traveling ...
February 12, 2013
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Surround Big Swine Farms — In China as Well as the U.S.
A new study finds a diverse and deep reservoir of drug resistance genes in samples from Chinese pig farms. Wired Science blogger Maryn McKenna explains why this finding is a cause for alarm.
February 9, 2013
Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Meat: Not Getting Better
A few days ago, the Food and Drug Administration released two important documents related to antibiotic use in livestock raising, and what the results of that antibiotic use are. The news is not good. Wired Science blogger Maryn McKenna reports.
Antibiotics And Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Meat: Not Getting Better
A few days ago, the Food and Drug Administration released two important documents related to antibiotic use in livestock raising, and what the results of that antibiotic use are. I’d say that they released them quietly, except, when it comes ...
February 7, 2013
On Writing: Culture Looks Down On These Novels, But You Should Read Them Anyway
Dropping out of scary diseases and scary food for a moment, and into the (more) personal: This past weekend I spoke at Science Online, a fantastic conference in the Triangle area of North Carolina that brings together the different tribes ...
January 29, 2013
Why We Can’t See Inside Poultry Production, and What Might Change if We Could
Multi-drug resistant bacteria are present in chicken, apparently because of the use of antibiotics in poultry production, and are passing to people who work with, prepare or eat chicken, at some risk to their health. Why isn't this being addressed? ...
January 17, 2013
Fecal Transplants: A Clinical Trial Confirms How Well They Work
The first report from a completed randomized trial of fecal transplants finds that the treatment worked much better than powerful antibiotics that are usually given for gut infections -- so much better, in fact, that the trial was ended early, ...
