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Moms Advocating Safe Sanitizers
2014-07-18 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
New group looks to ban alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
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Misleading Antibiotic Messages and Advocating for Agriculture
2013-07-26 22:09:00| National Hog Farmer
The August issue of National Hog Farmer is devoted to the topic of analyzing antibiotic use. As weve been putting the finishing touches on our stories this week, the topic of antibiotics in agriculture has been swirling in social media circles once again. Perhaps you have been following the Twitter and Facebook conversations involving a recent Panera Bread advertising campaign professing (via a chicken character shaped like a medication capsule and a graphic depicting a barn made out of pills) that farmers who use antibiotics are lazy. The take-home message is that antibiotic-free chicken is the way to goalong with a false implication that antibiotics are commonly found in meat. In a testament to the importance of agricultural advocacy, Carrie Chestnut Mess, a dairy producer who blogs as Dairy Carrie, created a blog post entitled, Dear Panera Bread Company. Minnesota pork industry blogger and agricultural advocate Wanda Patsche followed suit in her own blog. The posts started a social media backlash against the misleading advertising campaign and ultimately, got the attention of Panera management. National Hog Farmer Blog read more
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Film Rankles Environmentalists By Advocating Nuclear Power
2013-07-03 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A new documentary argues that environmentalists should favor nuclear power, not oppose it, on the grounds that the world's growing appetite for energy can't be met solely with wind and solar. Pandora's Promise is in theaters now, and not winning friends in the mainstream environmental movement.
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MetroPCS Mails Letter to Stockholders Advocating Combination with T-Mobile USA
2013-03-25 15:35:09| MobileTechNews
CEO Roger Linquist today sent a letter to MetroPCS shareholders outlining the reasons in favor of the proposed merger with T-Mobile.
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Advocating for Linux on the Front Lines and in the Kernel
2013-03-04 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Well March has arrived here in the Linux blogosphere and with it, widespread hopes for the rebirth and renewal of spring. Linux Girl wishes she could say things have been calm and tranquil over the past few days, but of course they haven't -- this is the Linux community we're talking about, after all. There have been many trials and tribulations for Linux fans recently.
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