10 American Foods that are Banned in Other Countries
Courtesy commons.wikimedia.org The beta agonist drug ractopamine (a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis) was recruited for livestock use when researchers found that the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.…
San Francisco Sues Nevada Over “Patient Dumping” Practices
Courtesy ktvu.com The state of Nevada is now looking at a class action lawsuit over patient dumping practices at Rawson-Neal Hospital. The San Francisco city attorney is accusing the…
Chicken McChina
HERD ABOUT IT? by ana grarian The US has OK'd a proposal to allow chicken raised and slaughtered in the US (or countries with equivalent standards) to be shipped to…
Inspection- Janis Ian and The Great Divide
by Ken Carman The 60s and I think it was channel 13 out of NYC, or what we now call PBS. Young girl singing a song about dating a…
Problem As I See It: vol 212
Read: http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15027