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Busted! Citizens' group exposes Illegal hog operation in Manitoba. Few consequences likely for barn owner.(Video)

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Read an alternative version here.  Also.... "In Hogs We Trust."   A critique of Manitoba’s “runaway” hog industry. Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse. Part 11 - The price we pay for corporate pig$.   Part 111 - From Malaysia to Manitoba - the global magnitude of livestock diseases. Part 1V - The health and environmental costs of an expanded hog industry. Part V - What’s behind Manitoba’s drive to expand?  

Factory Farms Pollute the Environment and Poison Drinking Water

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TRUTHOUT The polar opposite of a factory farm. A pig herder in Romania. Photo by  PetrS. Hog waste can contain potentially dangerous pathogens, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.  Story here. RELATED:                                                     "In Hogs We Trust."   A critique of Manitoba’s “runaway” hog industry. By Larry Powell. Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse. Part 11 - The price we pay for corporate pig$.   Part 111 - From Malaysia to Manitoba - the global magnitude of livestock diseases. Part 1V - The health and environmental costs of an expanded hog industry. Part V - What’s behind Manitoba’s drive to expand?  

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria widespread in Ontario waterways

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Canadian Science Publishing It turns out antibiotic-resistant bacteria are far more ubiquitous than previously thought. A new study published in the  Canadian Journal of Microbiology  tested the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in four aquatic environments in southern Ontario—and found them everywhere. Story here. RELATED:  " In Hogs We Trust" -   Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse.

Scourge of superbugs killing Malawi’s babies

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Babies are dying in their thousands in Malawi because drugs to treat common infections no longer work. We went to investigate.  Related: In Hogs We Trust - Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse. 

50+ Groups Back Landmark Effort to Halt 'Out of Control' Factory Farming in Iowa

Common Dreams "Iowa is suffering under the enormous weight of a business that has no respect for the people, environment, animals and future of the state." Story here. RELATED:  "In Hogs We Trust."   Part #1  How the Manitoba government’s return to a deregulated hog industry could actually aggravate a world health crisis. Part #2   The Price We Pay For Corporate Hog$ Part#3  "Animal diseases devastate herds, worldwide."

'Dirty meat':Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants

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   The Guardian Previously unseen government records detail 'deeply worrying' incidents in pork and poultry plants, raising fears of 'dirty meat' entering the UK under a post-Brexit trade deal.  Story here. Photo-Erdei Catalin RELATED:  "In Hogs We Trust"     The Manitoba Story. Part #1   Antibiotics. Part #2 Government subsidies. Part#3 Animal diseases.   

Drug resistance likely to kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050, report predicts

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CBC News Superbugs are likely to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians and cost the economy about $400 billion in gross domestic product over the next 30 years, warns a landmark report.    Story here. A Canstock photo image. PinP: As is too often the case, a big piece of the information puzzle is left out of stories such as this. Antibiotics have been overused almost everywhere in the world for a long time, often to raise animals for food. Among other things, it makes them grow faster and fattens them up to fetch a better price at market time. Yet governments forge ahead, like Manitoba's is doing, to expand the very style of livestock production that spawns such problems.  Please read: "In Hogs We Trust." Part 1 . Could the Manitoba government’s return to a deregulated hog industry actually contribute to a world health crisIs?

Drug-resistant microbes could threaten future global economy, low income countries in particular

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Journal Club A microbiologist examines the growth of a bacterial culture.  A U.S. Food & Drug Administration photo.  Antimicrobial resistance is not only a major public health threat, but also an economic one, according to researchers at The World Bank. Their new study, published in the journal  World Development , suggests that an increase in drug-resistant microbes could cause millions more people to fall into extreme poverty within the next few decades. “Nobody has estimated the poverty effects before,” says study author Karen Thierfelder, an economics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and consultant for The World Bank. “We’d like to make more people aware of the problem.” More here. Also Read:  "In Hogs We Trust."   A critique of Manitoba’s “runaway” hog industry. Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse.

How the power of the pork industry thwarts efforts to protect the public from infectious diseases. A CBS "Sixty-Minutes" video.

RELATED: "In Hogs We Trust" Part 1  Could the Manitoba government’s return to a deregulated hog industry actually contribute to a world health crisis?