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Digest: FDA gets food safety czar, rural broadband $ misused, honeybee update

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007.

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Digest: Tainted pork not recalled, Australia gets rain, tuna protected

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, April 29th, 2007.

Enjoy your pork!: The FDA and the USDA have jointly decided that “At this time, we have no evidence of harm to humans associated with the processed pork product, and therefore no recall of meat products processed from these animals is being issued.” (USDA.gov)

Droplets Down Under: Good rain brings hope and planting opportunity for Australian farmers enmired in drought, but no certainty for crops. (The Australian)

Flipper flipflopping: The U.S. government has “arbitrarily and capriciously” sought to ease rules for foreign fishermen on so-called dolphin-safe tuna, ruled a U.S. federal appeals court in upholding current standards. (Reuters)

Digest: Bee conference, MickeyD’s makes Greenpeace, pass the chuck

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, April 24th, 2007.

“Mad bee disease”?: About 60 scientists are sharing their early findings regarding “colony collapse disorder” in bees. They’re focusing on the most likely suspects: a virus, a fungus or a pesticide, particularly the neonicotinoids group banned in France for causing what the French called “mad bee disease.” They’ve set aside for now the possibility that […]

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