Must-bleed TV: Proving once again that the British have more balls than … well, anyone, a new show is debuting on the BBC called “Kill it. Cook it. Eat it.” It’s filmed in an abattoir with a restaurant built on the end. If our cable provider obliges, we’ll be tuning in to give those who […]
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FDA’s antibiotics stance proves it’s not just asleep at wheel, but intent on driving humanity over a cliff
There’s something seriously rotten in the state of the Food and Drug Administration.
Instead of concentrating on stopping food-borne illness by upping inspections at the largest culprits, it’s encouraging growers big and small to turn their fields into animal-free quarantine zones. Instead of antagonizing supermarket and restaurant chains by ID’ing where contaminated products were sold, the […]
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