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Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Trials, Chemical Industry, HIV, Allergies
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U.S. trade talks should not cover culture, EU says
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers have backed French demands to exempt culture from a proposed free-trade pact between Europe and the United States, keeping Paris on side and raising the chances that the talks can start on time. The...Tags: European Union, International Organizations, Politics, France, Trade Policy
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U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back
Reuters* Bipartisan bill on Wednesday seeks U.S. GMO labeling * Biotech companies say consumers are confused * Companies say opposition slows regulatory approvals * GMO crop critics say safety concerns persist By Carey Gillam CHICAGO April 25 (Reuters) -...Tags: Chemical Industry, Washington, DC, Food Industry, Science, Monsanto Company
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'At Any Price' gives a real-world view of the American farmer
As a movie icon, the American farmer has, for many a year, occupied a hand-whittled pedestal, standing tall as a weathered symbol of all that's good and true in this screwed-up world. One of the galvanic surprises of "At Any Price," the Iowa-set drama...Tags: BlackBerry, At Any Price (movie), NASCAR, Red West, Zac Efron
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How to Survive Denialism
This past weekend I drank a bottle of wine and watched the harrowing Oscar-nominated documentary “How to Survive a Plague,” which chronicles the story of AIDS activists in the late Eighties and early Nineties. (Normally, I reserve my bottle-...
Tags: Autism, Movies, Larry Craig, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration
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Director Ramin Bahrani ups the creative stakes with 'At Any Price'
Expand or die. This ominous motto of economic imperialism courses throughout the film "At Any Price," set against the imperiled world of modern-day family farming. Director Ramin Bahrani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hallie Elizabeth Newton, spent...
Tags: Independent (Movie Genre), At Any Price (movie), Zac Efron, Celebrities, Arable Farming
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Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month's hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are. Baucus,...Tags: Elections, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, Easter
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Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law
Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...
Tags: Pocomoke City, Agriculture, Perdue Farms, Barack Obama, Andrew P Harris
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Other Voices: Genetically modified crops, food shortages and brain research
Do not fear genetically modified crops Overheard from an Oregon legislator as he exited a committee meeting at the Capitol: "Are we regulating religion or agriculture?" That's a good question, and has probably crossed the minds of many legislators...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Agricultural Research and Technology, Food Industry, Science, Agriculture
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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: Elections, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, Easter
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Whole Foods to label all genetically modified products by 2018
Whole Foods Market, the supermarket chain known for its organic inventory, said Friday that it will aim for “full GMO transparency” within five years. By 2018, the Austin, Texas, chain plans to slap labels on all products in its U.S. and...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Consumer Goods Industries, Whole Foods Market
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Bumble Bee recalls 2.4 million cans of tuna with loose seals
Bumble Bee Foods recalled 2.4 million cans of tuna this week because of loose seals, the San Diego-based company said Thursday. The affected products -- 5-ounce cans of chunk white albacore and chunk light tuna sold under the Bumble Bee and Brunswick...
Tags: Product Recalls, Canned Tuna
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