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Kirsten Gillibrand Has Launched a New Bill
May 15, 2015US senator Kirsten Gillibrand has launched a new bill that would improve the recall process for meat and poultry products, giving the USDA mandatory recall authority over contaminated products. This comes after a new investigation ...
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CDC Estimates That at Least 48 Million of Us Get Sick Each Year
Jan 4, 2014Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, people get sick from eating food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 48 million of us get sick each year, with 125,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Many of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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At Least Two Kansas City Children Suffered From Lead Poisoning From a Cosmetic
Nov 28, 2013At least two Kansas City children suffered from lead poisoning from a contaminated cosmetic used commonly in Myanmar, the city's Health Department said. Health officials said the contaminated product was in a metal container inside a ...
Tags: tainted, cosmetic, Myanmar, sicken, Kansas City
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a New Strain of Bird Flu Spread to Taiwan
Apr 26, 2013A new strain of bird flu, which first originated in China and sickened more than 100, has spread to Taiwan, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A 53-year-old Taiwanese businessman who returned from China's coastal Jiangsu ...
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Microbes Lurk Almost Everywhere, From Fresh Food to Toilet Seats and Folding Money
Mar 22, 2013Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...