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June 21, 2006
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The World Health Organization has concluded that human-to-human transmission likely occurred among seven relatives who developed bird flu in Indonesia.
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
June 21, 2006
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June 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON - June 21 - Hurricane season has only been underway for three weeks, but our lawmakers in Washington are already unleashing their own form of damage to our nation's coasts. The House Committee on Resources is today marking up a domestic energy production bill (H.R. 4761), which includes a pollution-promoting provision that would permit oil and gas platforms to be converted to offshore fish farms.
June 21, 2006
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What if the next burger you ate was created in a warm, nutrient-enriched soup swirling within a bioreactor?
Edible, lab-grown ground chuck that smells and tastes just like the real thing might take a place next to Quorn at supermarkets in just a few years, thanks to some determined meat researchers. Scientists routinely grow small quantities of muscle cells in petri dishes for experiments, but now for the first time a concentrated effort is under way to mass-produce meat in this manner.
Edible, lab-grown ground chuck that smells and tastes just like the real thing might take a place next to Quorn at supermarkets in just a few years, thanks to some determined meat researchers. Scientists routinely grow small quantities of muscle cells in petri dishes for experiments, but now for the first time a concentrated effort is under way to mass-produce meat in this manner.
June 21, 2006
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Mike: I am joined today by author Randall Fitzgerald, the author of "The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine are Destroying Your Health," a groundbreaking new book that you would do well to pick up and read. Thanks for joining me today, Randall.
Randall Fitzgerald: Well thank you Mike. It is a real pleasure and honor to be with you.
Randall Fitzgerald: Well thank you Mike. It is a real pleasure and honor to be with you.
June 21, 2006
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June 20, 2006
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A subsidiary of Koch Industries is asking state regulators for permission to build a 300-mile crude oil pipeline. Koch says two Twin Cities refineries need more crude oil to meet demand. Some Minnesotans are concerned about the environmental fallout of the project, and say they don't want the pipeline running through their land.
St. Paul, Minn. — More than 2,000 miles of underground pipelines capable of moving millions of gallons of crude oil already cross Minnesota.
St. Paul, Minn. — More than 2,000 miles of underground pipelines capable of moving millions of gallons of crude oil already cross Minnesota.
June 20, 2006
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WASHINGTON - June 20 - Local and national groups across the country this week will take the following message to the streets in front of Starbucks locations in 23 cities: Stop serving hormone-laden milk to your customers. Their efforts are part of a national campaign, coordinated by the consumer group Food & Water Watch, which since March has been urging the Seattle-based coffee leader to stop buying milk made with artificial growth hormones.
June 20, 2006
Contact: Kristin Rosenow, Ecological Farming Association, (831) 763-2111
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Santa Cruz Ã-- On June 20, Santa Cruz County Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a precautionary moratorium on growing genetically engineered crops in the county. The supervisors' action supports the recommendation of the GE Subcommittee of the Santa Cruz Public Health Commission, which spent more than 10 months researching and analyzing the health, environmental, economic and social risks associated with the growing of GE crops in the county
