The Hidden Link Between Factory Farms and Human Illness

Current methods of raising livestock are encouraging the development of new antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, including salmonella.

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Working flat out - the child labour behind your Egyptian cotton sheets

They work 10-hour shifts in 40C heat for 20 pence a day. Their job? Picking the cotton that makes the world's finest bed linen. Dan McDougall reports on the scandal of Egypt's child labourers

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Jewish Activists Shut Down Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES January 14, 2009 - Early this morning, Jewish activists in
a historic first in Los Angeles, chained themselves to the entrance of
the Israeli Consulate and blocked the driveway to the parking
structure, blocking all traffic in and out of the building. "We sent a
clear message to the world that LA Jews are part of the global majority
in opposition to the Israeli siege of Gaza," said Lenny Potash a
72-year old protester who was cuffed to eight other activists,

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Population: The elephant in the room: BBC Green Room

It's the great taboo of environmentalism: the size and growth of the human population.

It has a profound impact on all life on Earth, yet for decades it has been conspicuously absent from public debate.

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