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  1. Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination April 16, 2012

    The food-poisoning fecal bacteria found in 70% of U.S. retail poultry is destroyed by proper cooking, but contamination of the kitchen environment may place consumers at risk.

  2. Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics? Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics? April 9, 2012

    The association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens’ and turkeys’ flesh of industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses, and/or the drugs that were fed to the birds.

  3. Flax and Fecal Flora Flax and Fecal Flora March 30, 2012

    The trillions of good bacteria in our gut can be thought of as an additional organ, metabolizing, detoxifying, and activating many crucial components of our diet. The formation of lignans from phytonutrient precursors found predominantly in flax seeds is one such example.

  4. Don’t use antiseptic mouthwash Don’t use antiseptic mouthwash February 15, 2012

    The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) is essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect of the nitrates in vegetables such as beetroot.

  5. Power plants Power plants January 16, 2012

    Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine’s arsenal came from natural products, from penicillin to the chemotherapy agents Taxol® and vincristine.

  1. MRSA in U.S. retail meat MRSA in U.S. retail meat November 23, 2011

    More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in North America.

  2. Airborne MRSA Airborne MRSA November 22, 2011

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus “superbug” found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply but isolated from air samples outside swine CAFOs.

  3. U.S. meat supply flying at half staph U.S. meat supply flying at half staph November 21, 2011

    An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria. Turkey appears most likely to harbor contagion.

  4. Drug Residues in Meat Drug Residues in Meat April 9, 2011

    The U.S. Inspector General cites the USDA for failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.

  5. Toxic Megacolon Superbug Toxic Megacolon Superbug April 8, 2011

    Clostridium difficile is another “superbug” found in the U.S. meat supply.

  1. Plant vs. Cow Calcium Plant vs. Cow Calcium October 1, 2010

    What baggage comes along with the calcium in milk?

  2. Just the Flax, Ma’am Just the Flax, Ma’am August 20, 2010

    Ground flax seed consumption may decrease breast cancer risk by slowing one’s menstrual cycle. It may also control prostate enlargement as effectively as the leading prescription drug.