KAW comments on the interagency task force report. "A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance", criticizing the Action Plan for its failure to include effective provisions to address antibiotic resistance problems arising from using antibiotics in food animal agriculture.
In 1978, a team of scientists from Dow Chemical found that rats exposed to very low levels of dioxin developed liver cancer. This research, combined with earlier tests that demonstrated birth defects in mice at extremely low exposure levels, led to dioxin's characterization as "the most toxic synthetic chemical known to man".
This factsheet explains what sewage sludge is, how its made and what it contains, IATP's policy position on why using sludge for fertilizer on agricultural lands is unacceptable, as well as the risk for home and garden use, is laid out.
In preparation for the 1996 FAO Food Summit, Karen Lehman detailed how food crisis of the mid-90s had come about, identifying the changes in policy that led to the end of food reserves and supply management programs world-wide.
A memo from Mark Ritchie summarizing the need for a global campaign for supplay managment and grain reserves. This memo led to the drafting of an Action Plan submitted to the FAO in Rome, November 1996.
