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Swine Flu Alert: Factory Farms & Vaccines - Protect Your Family, Know Your Rights
Despite years of warnings by public interest organizations, including the Organic Consumers Association and the Humane Society of the US, drugged-out pigs and chickens on intensive confinement factory farms have incubated a highly infectious H1N1 virus that set off a global pandemic.
This moderately virulent but rapidly spreading strain of influenza, which contains genetic material from pigs, birds and humans has already spread to every state in the union. The World Health Organization has warned that, although H1N1 is less deadly than the bird flu, it could mutate into a much more dangerous strain. As flu season hits the US, profit-obsessed drug makers are racing to supply vaccines and medicines. There are numerous health and safety concerns, including:
- A leaked memo revealed that the swine flu vaccine has been linked to paralysis.
- The fast-tracked vaccine contains novel adjuvants, including dangerous qualene which is linked to Gulf War syndrome.
The vaccine is being pushed through the school system, work places, and free vaccination programs. School children and public health workers are first in line for the swine flu vaccine and schools are being put on notice that they may be turned into shot clinics.
It is important to know how to avoid vaccination of your children and yourself. Plus, there are homeopathic alternatives for treating and building a natural immunity to the swine flu.
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CAFOs in the News
- 05/25/13 - U.S. Meat Labels to Detail Animal’s Origin; Canada, Mexico Raise Concern
- 05/25/13 - At the Floodgates of Fracking in Illinois in the Battle Over the Climate Change Crisis
- 05/24/13 - The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History
- 05/22/13 - Republican Governor Deals Blow to "Constitutionally Suspect" Tennessee "Ag Gag" Bill
- 05/22/13 - The "Ag-Gag" War: Behind the Scenes of the Death Match Between Big Ag and Undercover Animal-Rights Activists
- 05/22/13 - Roxarsone, Inorganic Arsenic, and Other Arsenic Species in Chicken: A U.S.-Based Market Basket Sample
- 05/21/13 - Geoengineering: Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature?
- 05/21/13 - For Climate Solution, Look to the Ground
- 05/21/13 - What Comes After Hope
- 05/21/13 - Enabling Greed Makes US Sick
- 05/20/13 - Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials
- 05/17/13 - Climate Change is Happening...So What?
- 05/15/13 - Eating As Though the Environment Mattered
- 05/15/13 - Feeding Distillers Grain to Cows: Why the Ethanol Boom Means More E. Coli Burgers
- 05/14/13 - Tenn. Governor Haslam Vetoes "Ag Gag" Anti-Whistleblower Bill
- 05/14/13 - Grassroots Campaigns Can Stop Fracking One Town at a Time
- 05/13/13 - EU Campaigners Warn Against Rise of 'Mega-farms'
- 05/10/13 - Indigenous Resistance Grows Strong in Keystone XL Battle
- 05/10/13 - Climate Chaos: Boycott Genetically Engineered and Factory-Farmed Foods
- 05/09/13 - Are We Doomed to Food Insecurity?
- 05/08/13 - 99 One-Liners That Rebut Climate Change Denier Talking Points
- 05/06/13 - The High Price of Our Fertilizer Addiction
- 05/03/13 - Mad Cow Infected Blood 'To Kill 1,000'
- 05/01/13 - The Dangers of Eating Chicken Nuggets
- 05/01/13 - You Won't Believe What's In Your CAFO Turkey Burger
- 05/01/13 - Non-Organic Foods Are Toxic: Ground Turkey Investigation
- 04/30/13 - First "Ag-Gag" Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street
- 04/25/13 - Troubled Slaughter: Big Ag Fights to Keep out Prying Eyes
- 04/24/13 - Gagging on Ag-gag Laws
- 04/24/13 - USDA Ruffles Feathers With New Poultry Inspection Policy
Books
Flu Factories: Tracing the Origins of the Swine Flu Pandemic
Bird Flu A Virus of Our Own Hatching
Resources
- Flu Solution - Homeopathy for Influenza
- National Center for Homeopathy
- Bird Flu Timeline - A History of Influenza from 412 BC to 2006
- U.S. Center for Disease Control Recommendations
- World Health Organization Alert and Response
- Bird Flu Information
- FluTrackers.com
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Swine & Bird Flu News
- 04/11/12 - Antibiotics in Your Meat? The Ethanol Industry Might be Partly to Blame
- 03/20/12 - Genetically Engineered Goats to "Carry" New Malaria Vaccine
- 02/06/12 - MRSA MRSA Me: Getting the Facts about the Superbug in Pork
- 01/30/12 - Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread
- 01/11/12 - New FDA Numbers Reveal Food Animals Consume Lion's Share of Antibiotics
- 01/11/12 - Can You Imagine a World Without Antibiotics?
- 12/29/11 - FDA Draws Criticism After U-turn on Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- 06/06/11 - New MRSA Strain Found In Dairy Cattle and Humans
- 05/26/11 - Groups Sue FDA to Stop Addition of Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
- 05/16/11 - Antibiotics in Livestock Feed Raises Concerns
- 05/13/11 - Antibiotic Resistant MRSA Germ Found in Supermarket Meats
- 04/28/11 - Study Ranks Food Pathogens from Factory Farms by Cost to Society
- 04/10/11 - Scientists Issue Urgent World-Wide Warning on Bacteria with Superbug Gene
- 04/08/11 - USDA Proposes 'Test and Hold' Procedure to Boost Meat Safety
- 04/06/11 - Will the U.S. Hog Industry Ever Kick its Reliance on Low-Dose Antibiotics?
- 03/21/11 - Think Tainted Chinese Pork is Scary? Check Out the Nearest Supermarket Meat Case
- 02/18/11 - Chicken, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, and Regulatory Independence
- 02/14/11 - Livestock Plagues are Spreading
- 01/28/11 - Deadly Superbugs are Spread Miles from Farms by House Flies
- 12/21/10 - FDA Trying Voluntary Restrictions on Antibiotics
- 10/18/10 - Meat Industry Protests Over Restricting Use of Antibiotics in Animals
- 10/07/10 - FDA Chief Hamburg Focuses on Antibiotic Resistance
- 09/12/10 - Canadian Doctors Seek to Curb Antibiotics in Feed
- 08/11/10 - WHO Says Swine-Flu Pandemic Is Over
- 06/07/10 - WHO's Handling of Swine Flu Deeply Marred by Conflict of Interest with Drug Companies, Top Medical Journal Accuses
- 05/30/10 - Is Our Demand for Cheap Food Putting Our Health at Risk?
- 05/05/10 - Lessons from Swine Flu
- 04/16/10 - USDA Inspector General: Meat Supply Routinely Tainted with Harmful Residues
- 04/16/10 - CDC: E. coli Illnesses on Decline, but Other Foodborne Infections Increasing
- 03/08/10 - New Drug-Resistant Bacteria Emerging in Hospitals
- 03/01/10 - Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics
- 02/08/10 - H1N1 'Pseudopandemic' Was A Hoax Perpetrated by Big Pharma
- 01/22/10 - Swine Flu and Agribusiness of Meat
- 01/21/10 - WHO to Study H1N1 Response Amid False Pandemic Debate
- 01/21/10 - Was the Swine Flu Scare a "False Pandemic" Led by Greedy Drug Companies?
- 01/20/10 - $10,000 Reward Offered for Scientific Proof of H1N1 Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness
- 01/15/10 - Remembering the Factory Pig Farm Origins of the Swine Flu
- 01/12/10 - Government Hatches Secret Program to Lay Eggs to Create Swine Flu Vaccine
- 01/05/10 - Help End the Government’s Shameful Silence About Vitamin D - The Natural Way to Prevent and Treat Flu Including Swine Flu!
- 12/29/09 - Pressure Rises to Stop Antibiotics in Agriculture
- 11/16/09 - Why the USDA Has No Business Overseeing Conditions on Factory Farms, and More
- 10/27/09 - Dr. Weil Threatened by FDA Over Immune-Boosting Supplements
- 10/23/09 - Profit Driven Swine Flu Propaganda
- 10/20/09 - Ten Questions About Flu Vaccines that Doctors and Health Authorities Refuse to Answer
- 10/14/09 - Swine Flu Brings Big Business for Doctors and Drug Companies
- 10/14/09 - Flu Vaccines Revealed as Quackery
- 10/14/09 - Lawsuit Filed Against FDA to Halt Swine Flu Vaccines for Lack of Safety Testing
- 10/13/09 - Washington State Lifts Limit on Mercury Preservative in Swine-Fu Shots
- 10/09/09 - Historical Data Shows Vaccines are Not what Saved Us
- 10/08/09 - Swine Flu Vaccine Victims Encouraged to Post Reports of Side Effects
- 10/05/09 - Vaccine Skepticism Is in the Air
- 10/05/09 - Military to Get Mandatory Swine Flu Shots
- 10/04/09 - Hogs Don't Need Endless Antibiotics
- 10/04/09 - Factory Farms' Wide Net of Pain and Destruction
- 09/29/09 - Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccines for NY Health Care Workers