Category: Health

Dog Poo and Farm Livestock

http://www.nfus.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Campaigns/Disease%20in%20Livestock.pdf [ABSTRACT OF] Risk of the spread of disease in livestock from dog faeces The purpose of this note is to provide information and advice

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Government Knew of Farm Poisoning Risk But Failed to Act.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/20/revealed-government-knew-of-farm-poisoning-risk-but-failed-to-act?CMP=EMCENVEML1631 Revealed: government knew of farm poisoning risk but failed to act. Tom Levitt, Monday 20 April 2015. Documents show officials knew of danger from

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The Great British Food Safety Sell-Off

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/capita-and-the-great-british-food-safety-selloff-10134275.html Capita and the great British food safety sell-off. Tom Bawden, The Independent.  Wednesday 25 March 2015. The sale of a key government research unit

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Europe Blazes Trail Against Climate Change

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530113.700-europe-blazes-trail-against-climate-change.html#.VPwY0X_yE5s Europe blazes trail against climate change.  [Abridged] 04 March 2015 by Andy Coghlan AS CHAOS from climate change ramps up in the coming decades,

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Biodiversity v Intensive Farming; Has Farming Lost its Way?

https://journalofanimalecology.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/biodiversity-v-intensive-farming-has-farming-lost-its-way/ Biodiversity v Intensive Farming; Has Farming Lost its Way? Posted on January 16, 2015 by journalofanimalecology Modern intensive farming produces plentiful, cheap food but is

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Cheap Meat Production Un-Sustainable

Christine Chemnitz is Head of the Department of International Agricultural Politics at the Heinrich Böll Foundation.    Shefali Sharma is Director of Agricultural Commodities and Globalization

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Row as Horsemeat Report is Shelved

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/15/official-report-horsemeat-scandal-delayed-new-food-safety-fears Row as horsemeat file shelved The Guardian, Friday 15 August 2014 19.47 BST The official report into the causes of the horsemeat scandal has

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