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Drug Resistant Salmonella Prompts Recall of 36 Million Pounds of Turkey
8:00 am in Food & Health, food safety, health, politics by TreeHugger
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Years ago when salmonella scares surfaced the mere idea of them sent waves of fear into the heart of us. But today these scares have gone a step further into drug resistant territory. The latest in a growing trend of drug resistant outbreaks is tied to ground turkey and as a result, 36 million pounds of Cargill turkey products have be...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Treehugger has been pleased to show the work of Franke James a number of times; delivers a strong environmental message in a humourous and trenchant style. She was off to Europe to tour 20 cities with her work. She has been critical of the Canadian government's policies with respect to the tar sands and climate change, but she is not exactly Garry Trudeau of Doonesbury fame, really. One would think that they had bigger fish to fry, but that didn't stop the government from stepping in to stomp her, with one top official saying:
"Who was the idiot who approved an art show by that woman, Franke James?"
So they phoned the corporate s...
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Andrea Horvath, Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak
