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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

UGA helping efforts to move poultry litter better (Georgia Faces/University of Georgia/ 11/01)

Intensive meat production a danger to food supply, warns FAO (Food Production Daily/ 9/17)

Pointing a finger at the source of fecal bacteria (EurekAlert!/ 5/23)

Edinburgh sewage discharge update (Food Standards Agency/ 4/24)

Wastewater recycler uses combined technologies (Food Production Daily/ 4/17)

Manure as Fuel: Poultry Litter-Fueled Furnace Will Reduce Energy Costs, Protect Watershed (Newswise/ 3/29)

Is it safe to drink the sewage? Presentation examines wastewater treatment concerns (Virginia Tech/ 3/29)

CSPI Petitions FDA to Regulate Manure, Water and Sanitation on Farms (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 11/15)

Wild Pigs Eyed in Tainted Spinach Probe (US News / 10/27)

Area creek studied for rangeland effects on water quality (Eurek Alert / 10/24)

Scientists Will Track E. Coli in the Salinas Valley (Univ. California - Davis / 10/23)

California Urged to Monitor Farms for Food Safety. States Can Move Faster Than the Federal Government to Implement Standards, Says CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 10/23)

Iowa State researchers convert farm waste to bio-oil (Iowa State University / 7/28)

Too Little Data Available to Assess Risk of Sludge (NewsWise.com / 7/9)

Rule Proposed to Control Effluent from Large Animal Feedlots (U.S. EPA / 6/22)

Phages Eyed as New Way to Control Salmonella (USDA ARS / 4/28)

New Technology Could Help Clean Manure (LA Times from AP / 4/17)

Manure Matters: UF Waste Management System Produces Energy, Protects Environment and Stops Annoying Odors (University of Florida / 2/2)

New Deal Eases Fines for Farms That Pollute (New York Times / 1/31)

Microbes in Manure Can Minimize Potential Pharmaceutical Pollution (USDA ARS / 1/27)

Waste Management: It’s About Thyme (USDA ARS / 12/16)

Stop feeding chicken feces to fish: Vietnam official (Reuters Health / 11/7)