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Five Frightening Facts About Food Safety...

1. Only 1% of imported food is inspected, and because the federal government refuses to implement a country-of-orgin labeling program for meat and produce, there si no way for consumers to protect themselves from this threat.
2. The Bush Administration and its allies in congress are pushing to weaken the Safe Drinking Water Act, which may result in up to three times more cancer causing and other disease-causing chemical contaminates in the drinking water of millions of Americans

3. Despite new research that shows artificial hormones may contribute to a 5-time increase in twin pregnancies for American women, the federal government still allows them in dairy products. They are banned in Canada and in Europe.

4. Although mad cow disease presents a letha threat, the USDA has failed to implement essential safety and inspection procedures, and has blocked meat packers from implementing their own mad cow testing programs.

5. Instead of forcing meat producers to fix serious sanitation problems at factory farms and slaughterhouses, the federal government allows them to take dangerous shortcuts like pumping livestock full of antibiotics, dipping carcasses in toxic disinfectants, and irradiating meat.