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A recent study found MRSA in swine and their human handlers for the first time in the U.S., suggesting that superbugs are now a problem outside of hospitals. The reason, said scientists who met last week on Capitol Hill for a public briefing, is antibiotics given to livestock to promote quick weight gain.

In the latest issue of the Global Food Safety Monitor, IATP's Steve Suppan explores food companies' role in setting food safety rules, at both the national and international levels.

Now that the downturn has settled upon the world economy for what appears to be a protracted period, will consumers react by prioritizing bargains over products that benefit the environment? Or will the trend toward the purchase of green products continue?

Tropical trees have grown bigger over the past 40 years and now absorb 20 percent of fossil fuel emissions from the atmosphere, highlighting the need to preserve threatened forests, British researchers said Wednesday.

More than 187,000 acres of forest and wetlands in north-central Minnesota, an area almost as large as the entire existing state parks system, would be protected permanently under a proposal that will be unveiled Monday at the state Capitol. If given the thumbs up, it would be largest public-private land conservation project in recent Minnesota history.