Furadan: Wildlife killing pesticide banned by the EPA being considered for ban in Canada

Last year we were all horrified to learn about lions in Kenya’s Mara Triangle with paralyzed limbs dying in agony from poisoning by a cheap American pesticide called Carbofuran (Furadan) produced by FMC Corporation.
I posted about this crisis on my old blog
A campaign was started through Wildlife Direct on the Stop Wildlife Poisoning blog, conferences [...]

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Don’t fall in the Swine Flu manure lagoon while forgetting all about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

As the swine flu outbreak dominates the news, albeit irresponsibly reported by the mainstream media, let us not forget about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), that virulent superbug spawned in pig factory farms that kills more people in the USA every year than does AIDS.
You won’t read this about antibiotic resistance in your Saturday paper:
“An [...]

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Report on Industrial Farm Animal Production in America: Industry has to Change

In light of the (unaddressed by mainstream media and government) connections between factory farming and swine flu and other related issues, I am going to repeat a post from my old blog at ethicsandanimals.com.
New Report on Industrial Farm Animal Production in America: Industry has to Change (from May 2008)

The Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns [...]

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Serving up disaster: Antibiotic use on farm animals

I’ve been following the factory farm superbug story mostly in relation to MRSA and pig confinement operations but did you know that according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, roughly 70 percent of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are fed to farm animals. That is estimated to be more than four times the amount [...]

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Focus on Food: Why eating like an average American isn’t a good plan

This is an excellent article from the Christian Science Monitor analyzing the current food commodities crisis and offering evidence that meat guzzling isn’t going to work to feed the planet.
But reaching the average North American with this message continues to be challenging. Worrying about how one’s lifestyle might affect the poor in other countries, or [...]

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Documentary: The world according to Monsanto

If you are in the mood to frighten yourself to death while learning about a critical topic, then watch this excellent documentary by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin.
Note: the film can be watched in full on the  Dandelion Salad blog through this link
Click the link below to watch….
The World According to Monsanto [...]

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