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'Responsible use' label needed as antibiotic fears grow

2015-12-08 21:47:44| Livestock - Topix.net

A new on-pack label could be the best way to quickly reduce the use of antibiotics in the livestock industry, according to a major new report for the UK government. From a literature review of 139 published, peer reviewed articles, experts at the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance concluded that there is "sufficient evidence showing that the world needs to start curtailing the quantities of antimicrobials used in agriculture now" .

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Fears Telstra phone tower jeopardises safety in fire-risk areas

2015-12-01 11:00:45| Telecom - Topix.net

Residents of high fire-risk areas fear a planned new Telstra mobile phone tower will be built in the wrong spot, compromising coverage and risking safety. Their concerns come after a Telstra manager reportedly said the company was "not an emergency services organisation" and that it had "no obligation to deliver a network for safety purposes".

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Hollande fears handful could block climate summit

2015-11-27 22:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: French President Francois Hollande called on all countries to back a UN climate deal at talks opening in Paris on Monday, but said he feared "a few" nations could derail the process. Speaking at the Commonwealth summit in Malta, where leaders from the 53-country organisation were seeking common ground on the issue, Hollande said it was mankind's duty to reach an "ambitious" accord so that global warming was tamed. But he admitted he was worried that it would not take many dissenters for this...

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Rising Temps, Invisible Threats: Climate Change Spurs Disease Fears

2015-11-27 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

NDTV: Winter was oddly mild in northern Texas in 2012, a year that saw few snowflakes and barely any ice. When the cold failed to show up, the spring mosquitoes arrived in droves, carrying disease. The insects multiplied during an unusually muggy May, when temperatures hit the 90s and then stayed there. On June 20, Dallas recorded the season's first case of West Nile virus. By late August, there were nearly 400. Nineteen people would die in the greater Dallas area in the worst West Nile outbreak...

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