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- Hospitals Say ’’No’’ to Meat Raised with Antibiotics
- US To Introduce Stricter Rules on Meat Imports, Labels
- Mercury in Seafood Diet Linked to Fox Die-Off
- Solar Bill Stalls in Texas Senate After Power Industry Opposition
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Quick Facts
- Corn accounts for 8 percent of global water use for crop production.
- Approximately 80% of all antibiotics sold in the US are administered to farm animals to promote growth and prevent infections.
- The US imports about half of oil consumed.
- In the last 40 years, nearly one-third of the world's arable (farmable) land has been lost due to poor land management.
- An estimated 48 million incidents of foodborne illness occur annually in the US, most frequently from poultry, beef, and fish.
- One cup of coffee has a water footprint of 37 gallons.
- People who water their lawn with an automatic timer use 47 percent more water than those who just use a hose.
- 65 percent of Americans say that there should be more regulation of fracking for natural gas.
- Irradiation destroys niacin and vitamins in eggs, including up to 24% of vitamin A at one-third the FDA approved radiation level.
- Together, China and India have 37 percent of the world's population, but are home to just 10.8 percent of the world's water.
- Irrigation-intensive agricultural diverts 70 percent of the world's available freshwater each year.
- Arsenic compounds are approved as feed additives in the US, and are administered to chickens to speed growth and kill parasites.
- 69 percent of global freshwater is stored in glaciers and ice caps.
- On average, each American directly uses more water outdoors (101 gallons per day) than indoors (69 gallons per day).
- Between 1950 and 2003, the fossil fuel industry raked in 75 percent of federal government energy development incentives.
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