Comments for Center for a Livable Future http://www.livablefutureblog.com Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:28:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: FDA on Cephalosporin, Penicillin, and Tetracycline by Best Blender » Deadly Dish – How Our Food System Is Creating The Next Superbug http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/fda-ban-cephalosporin/comment-page-1#comment-61826 Best Blender » Deadly Dish – How Our Food System Is Creating The Next Superbug Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:28:36 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=6167#comment-61826 [...] same antimicrobial mechanisms as cephalosporins. A good analysis of the FDA decision can be found here.* Alternative models of animal production must be [...] [...] same antimicrobial mechanisms as cephalosporins. A good analysis of the FDA decision can be found here.* Alternative models of animal production must be [...]

]]> Comment on Antibacterial soap: Poses environmental health risks, doesn’t clean any better by Antibacterial Soap: Poses Environmental Health Risks, Doesn’t Clean Any Better | Health Beyond Hype http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2011/02/antibacterial-soap-poses-environmental-health-risks-doesnt-clean-any-better/comment-page-1#comment-61486 Antibacterial Soap: Poses Environmental Health Risks, Doesn’t Clean Any Better | Health Beyond Hype Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:35:47 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=4589#comment-61486 [...] - Patti Truant and Dave Love [...] [...] – Patti Truant and Dave Love [...]

]]> Comment on Third Time’s the Charm? The 2012 Arsenic Roundup by MadelineHere http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/arsenic-roundup/comment-page-1#comment-61390 MadelineHere Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:14:34 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=6231#comment-61390 Forget even the arsenic getting into our food. Isn't this photo disgusting enough? Do you want to eat eggs or the flesh of chickens forced to live with dying chickens within inches from them? This is a farm factory. Chickens are no longer roaming in the farmer's yard. We need to wake up to what has happened to the livestock we picture so bucolically. It's disgusting and horrible. Enough to make me consider being a vegetarian. I mean - come on - it's gross. Question what cage free really means for example. It means no cages - instead hundreds of birds crammed into a buildings floor like sardines. Not in some living grassy yard. Living chickens are treated as a product and as in all factories - some of the product doesn't make it out the door for sale. If a box of wheaties gets smashed - not so bad. But when your product is alive... @MadelineHere @ChickenHeritage http://Spring-Hill-Heritage-Poultry-Conservatory.info Forget even the arsenic getting into our food. Isn’t this photo disgusting enough? Do you want to eat eggs or the flesh of chickens forced to live with dying chickens within inches from them?

This is a farm factory. Chickens are no longer roaming in the farmer’s yard. We need to wake up to what has happened to the livestock we picture so bucolically. It’s disgusting and horrible. Enough to make me consider being a vegetarian. I mean – come on – it’s gross.

Question what cage free really means for example. It means no cages – instead hundreds of birds crammed into a buildings floor like sardines. Not in some living grassy yard.

Living chickens are treated as a product and as in all factories – some of the product doesn’t make it out the door for sale.

If a box of wheaties gets smashed – not so bad. But when your product is alive…

@MadelineHere
@ChickenHeritage

http://Spring-Hill-Heritage-Poultry-Conservatory.info

]]> Comment on One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: FDA on Cephalosporin, Penicillin, and Tetracycline by Drugs, Grub and Superbugs – How the US Food System Is Creating a New Class of Drug-Resistant Diseases http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/fda-ban-cephalosporin/comment-page-1#comment-60962 Drugs, Grub and Superbugs – How the US Food System Is Creating a New Class of Drug-Resistant Diseases Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:42 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=6167#comment-60962 [...] The emergence of drug-resistant human pathogens and their spread into the human environment is a serious threat to public health. Mounting evidence suggests a crucial link from this issue to the use of sub-therapeutic doses of feed antibiotics in food animal production. There is a pressing need for meaningful regulations against the misuse of drugs important for human and veterinary medicine. The FDA recently passed a law restricting the use of many species of cephalosporins (a class of antibiotic drugs considered crucial for human medicine) in cattle, swine, and poultry production in the U.S. While this is certainly a step in the right direction, the agency failed to address many potential loopholes in the law, or to pass similar legislation regarding other important drugs (such as penicillins) that operate using the same antimicrobial mechanisms as cephalosporins. A good* analysis of the FDA decision can be found here: http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/fda-ban-cephalosporin. [...] [...] The emergence of drug-resistant human pathogens and their spread into the human environment is a serious threat to public health. Mounting evidence suggests a crucial link from this issue to the use of sub-therapeutic doses of feed antibiotics in food animal production. There is a pressing need for meaningful regulations against the misuse of drugs important for human and veterinary medicine. The FDA recently passed a law restricting the use of many species of cephalosporins (a class of antibiotic drugs considered crucial for human medicine) in cattle, swine, and poultry production in the U.S. While this is certainly a step in the right direction, the agency failed to address many potential loopholes in the law, or to pass similar legislation regarding other important drugs (such as penicillins) that operate using the same antimicrobial mechanisms as cephalosporins. A good* analysis of the FDA decision can be found here: http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/fda-ban-cephalosporin. [...]

]]> Comment on Transporting Corn Ethanol to Your Gas Tank: No Walk in the Park by The Cellulose Quandary | Center for a Livable Future http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2011/10/transporting-corn-ethanol/comment-page-1#comment-60941 The Cellulose Quandary | Center for a Livable Future Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:54:34 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=5755#comment-60941 [...] No. 5—Transporting Corn Ethanol to Your Gas Tank<< share [...] [...] No. 5—Transporting Corn Ethanol to Your Gas Tank<< share [...]

]]> Comment on New FDA Numbers Reveal Food Animals Consume Lion’s Share of Antibiotics by Overdose d’antibiotiques dans l’élevage industriel | CentPapiers http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2010/12/new-fda-numbers-reveal-food-animals-consume-lion%e2%80%99s-share-of-antibiotics/comment-page-1#comment-60905 Overdose d’antibiotiques dans l’élevage industriel | CentPapiers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:02:59 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=4300#comment-60905 [...] des antibiotiques produits dans le monde sont destinés aux animaux. Un chiffre qui s’élève à 80 % aux États-Unis ! Un rapport de l’Agence de l’alimentation états-unienne (Food and Drug [...] [...] des antibiotiques produits dans le monde sont destinés aux animaux. Un chiffre qui s’élève à 80 % aux États-Unis ! Un rapport de l’Agence de l’alimentation états-unienne (Food and Drug [...]

]]> Comment on Smoked “Bacon” and Mirrors by the pilatesbiz http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2009/04/smoked-bacon-and-mirrors/comment-page-1#comment-60874 the pilatesbiz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:06:28 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=838#comment-60874 THANK YOU for this! Even though I work a desk job, I try to get out for a walk over lunch and I work out about 5 days a week (either weights, running, or yoga). My boyfriend lives with his friend and his friends gf this girl will tell me that she only had yogurt for lunch, buuut she never works out and is a little bit overweight. When it comes time to sit down for dinner, I always eat more than her. What used to make me a little self-conscious now just makes sense! I need to EAT to fuel my active body!! THANK YOU for this! Even though I work a desk job, I try to get out for a walk over lunch and I work out about 5 days a week (either weights, running, or yoga). My boyfriend lives with his friend and his friends gf this girl will tell me that she only had yogurt for lunch, buuut she never works out and is a little bit overweight. When it comes time to sit down for dinner, I always eat more than her. What used to make me a little self-conscious now just makes sense! I need to EAT to fuel my active body!!

]]> Comment on Is Smithfield Decision Not to Replace Gestation Crates Ethical? by If this does not cause you to stop eating Pork, Ham, Bacon and Sausage…nothing will. Take a stand against SMITHFIELD Foods « This Is Your Moment! http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2009/07/is-smithfield-decision-not-to-replace-gestation-crates-ethical/comment-page-1#comment-60324 If this does not cause you to stop eating Pork, Ham, Bacon and Sausage…nothing will. Take a stand against SMITHFIELD Foods « This Is Your Moment! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:44:17 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=1515#comment-60324 [...] Goldberg, Ph.D. Is Smithfield Decision Not to Replace Gestation Crates Ethical?, Center for a Livable Future, July [...] [...] Goldberg, Ph.D. Is Smithfield Decision Not to Replace Gestation Crates Ethical?, Center for a Livable Future, July [...]

]]> Comment on The Cellulose Quandary by Biofuels: Innovations Needed | Center for a Livable Future http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/01/cellulose-quandary/comment-page-1#comment-60273 Biofuels: Innovations Needed | Center for a Livable Future Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=6189#comment-60273 [...] Previous blogpost in the series—The Cellulose Quandary<< share [...] [...] Previous blogpost in the series—The Cellulose Quandary<< share [...]

]]> Comment on Biofuels: Innovations Needed by The Cellulose Quandary | Center for a Livable Future http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/02/biofuels-innovations-needed-2/comment-page-1#comment-60233 The Cellulose Quandary | Center for a Livable Future Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:35:20 +0000 http://www.livablefutureblog.com/?p=6244#comment-60233 [...] blogpost in the series—Biofuels: Innovation Needed>> share [...] [...] blogpost in the series—Biofuels: Innovation Needed>> share [...]

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