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Jun 2, 2005

Antibiotics big on Georgia farms

Antibiotics big on Ga. farms; Use might help drug-resistant diseases spread MIKE TONER Livestock growers in a handful of states, including Georgia, use the preponderance of all antibiotics that are added to animal feed --- a practice widely thought to aid the spread of drug-resistant human illnesses --- researchers and public policy analysts reported Wednesday.
Jun 2, 2005

Iowa farmers are No. 1 at giving antibiotics to livestock

Report finds Iowa farmers are No. 1 at giving antibiotics to livestock June 2, 2005 Washington, D.C. - Iowa leads the nation in feeding medically important antibiotics to livestock, an environmental group says.
Jun 2, 2005

Sussex leads U.S. in poultry antibiotics

The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) June 2, 2005 Thursday SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A Sussex leads U.S. in poultry antibiotics; Report: Tainted waste runoff could pose a danger to public health By JEFF MONTGOMERY The News Journal
Jun 2, 2005

CAFTA-NAFTA: Don't Be Fooled Again

by
R. Dennis Olson
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is modeled directly on NAFTA. The supporters of NAFTA's deregulation of national borders promised farmers they would "export their way to prosperity". After eleven years of NAFTA this line of thinking was exposed as a myth as farmers watched crop prices for major commodities decline, and now CAFTA would continue the same pattern.
Jun 1, 2005

UN forum on forest preservation ends in failure

From the AFP, via Yahoo News Despite alarming global deforestation rates, estimated at approximately 9.4 million hectares per year, a UN conference on forest preservation ended with the conference chairman calling the event a "failure."
Jun 1, 2005

Ecotrust sees a forest full of possibilities (OR)

From the Portland Business Journal via MSNBC.com, by Shelly Strom A local environmental activist organization wants to save the trees by logging them.
Jun 1, 2005

Judge rules for states on ships' ballast water

From the Associated Press via the Duluth News Tribune The ruling gives Great Lakes states a role in fighting the introduction of invasive species. A federal judge has granted motions for Great Lakes states to intervene in a lawsuit over whether ships without a permit can dump ballast water containing nonnative species.
Jun 1, 2005

U.S. plans for worst-case ash scenario: Public asked to help with seed program

From the Toledo Blade, by Tom Henry Lest there be any doubt that North America's billions of ash trees are imperiled by the deadly emerald ash borer, consider this: The government is establishing a national gene pool to help keep the shade trees from going extinct. And you can help.