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Dioxin: It""s What""s for Dinner!

Food safety or weird science? In These Times | by TERRY ALLEN Between mid-January and the end of May, hundreds of tons of food - potentially contaminated with dioxin and PCBs - entered the United States from Europe. Some already has been eaten, some still sits on shelves in stores and pantries.

America Angry and Puzzled by EU "False Science"

Scotsman | May 20, 1999 SENATOR Kit Bond was unequivocal when asked what America's next move would be on the European Union's refusal to accept beef imports because of hormone fears. "Retaliation," he said. "We have gone through all the hoops they wanted for ten years and they still won't take our beef. We have no choice but to take trade action."

Trade Barriers Worse than Before

Australian Financial Review | February 26, 1999 | By Brendan Pearson As WTO members prepare for the resumption of global farm trade talks, a Federal Government study has found measures agreed in the last round of negotiations resulted in "higher actual or potential barriers to trade than previously existed."

Drastic Drop in Milk Prices Jolts Dairy Farmers

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Dairy farmer Martin Marburger has no choice but to lose money with the severe plunge in dairy prices this month. "If we keep all the cows, we'll lose money," said the 80-year-old head of Marburger Farm Dairy Inc. north of Pittsburgh. "If you take 30 percent off your income and your costs stay the same, you can't possibly meet your bills."

Washington Apples Facing Tough Competition

The Associated Press | January 14, 1999 WENATCHEE, Wash.-- Washington apple growers are facing some brutal competition in Hong Kong, their third-largest export market. Cheaper Fuji apples from China are taking a bite out of Washington Red Delicious sales in a traditionally busy period. "The Chinese Fuji is the buy right now," Dave Mathison, president of Stemilt Management Inc.

Antiglobalization Activists Shift Tactics

Philadelphia Inquirer | By Laura MacInnis | April 26, 2004 Protests outside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters this weekend had an upbeat feel, with small groups of activists dancing, laughing, and reveling in the sun. By all accounts, the "Festival of Resistance" was a far cry from the "Battle of Seattle."
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