Ractopamine in Pork
BREAKING NEWS video: An analysis of yesterday’s Consumer Reports finding that 1 in 5 samples of retail pork tested positive for the growth-promoting drug ractopamine. Tomorrow, I’ll cover their findings on Yersinia contamination.
All Videos for Factory Farming Practices
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Meat Mythcrushers
Meat industry public relations campaign to “crush” myths makes false claim about the millions of pounds of antibiotics fed to farm animals.
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Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics?
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.
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MRSA in U.S. Retail Meat
More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in North America.
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Airborne MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus “superbug” found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply, but isolated from air samples outside swine CAFOs.
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U.S. Meat Supply Flying at Half Staph
An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria. Turkey appears most likely to harbor contagion.
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What’s in a Burger?
Cleveland Clinic pathologists dissect fast food burgers to see what’s inside.
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Acne and Cancer Connection
The hormones present in cow’s milk may help explain the association between certain diseases and dairy consumption.
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Drug Residues in Meat
The U.S. Inspector General cites the USDA for failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.
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Toxic Megacolon Superbug
Clostridium difficile is another “superbug” found in the U.S. meat supply.
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The Problem with Organic Salmon
Much of our fish supply is so polluted that algae-derived sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids may be safest option.
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Fecal Residues on Chicken
Researchers use laser imaging to determine the proportion of retail chicken contaminated with fecal matter.
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Farmed Fish vs. Wild-Caught
The levels of industrial pollutants found in aquaculture.
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Plant vs. Cow Calcium
What baggage comes along with the calcium in milk?
