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View it in your browser November 10, 2013 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Antibiotic Overuse Could Lead to Public Health Crisis Eighty percent of all antibiotics currently used in the United States are given to farmed animals,  according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s annual National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Meat report, released in February. At a… Continue Reading » Shoppers Choose Local Forget the aisles stocked with organics. If local foods are not available, 30% of consumers will purchase groceries elsewhere, reports a new study released this month by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. According to the study, named "Buying into the Local… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Where Have All the Oysters Gone? Climate Change May Ruin Your Next Seafood Night Seafood lovers hooked on $1 oyster nights may soon have to find a new source of comfort for the work-week blues. Thanks to an increase of carbon in both the atmosphere and our water bodies (which absorb about a third of all carbon emissions), carbon munching critters like… Continue Reading » Fighting Kraft and Suing for Bees A Trio of Environmental Happenings Bloggers Think Chemicals in Macaroni are Cheesy Two food bloggers are campaigning against the use of chemical additives in the popular Kraft macaroni and cheese packaged meals due to concerns that the chemicals could pose health risks, reports the UK Guardian. Though… Continue Reading » Clueless about Food and Agriculture? Why Everyone has a Stake in the Farm Bill Fight Outside of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to urge kids to exercise more and eat better, this administration remains largely indifferent to the disaster that is the country's outdated food and agriculture policy. U.S. Department of Agriculture… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE What's Wrong with Hair Dye? Most Dyes Contain a Chemical that Can Cause Dangerous Reactions Salons and home color kits make it easy to say goodbye to grey hairs and roots, but sudden serious allergic reactions to hair dye are on the rise—even among those who have been using the same hair coloring product for years "You can develop an allergy to a product at… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Protecting Private Lands Dear EarthTalk: While working to protect public land from resource extraction and development seems to be the focus of many environmental groups, what is being done to preserve and protect private property—the majority of our land—across the country? – Jim Friedland,… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you: Subscribe to our magazine   Order a Free Trial Issue   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851