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WHO to recommend against global restrictions on ketamine

March 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Regulators consider request from China (See also Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia,  by Ruth Steinberger.)          GENEVA,  Switzerland––The World Health Organization Expert Committee on Drug Dependence is to recommend at the March 2016 meeting of the United Nations Single Commission on Narcotic Drugs that the drug ketamine not be internationally regulated. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Cats, China, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Middle Left, Food & agriculture, Laws & politics, Legislation, Population control, Population control, Russia, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Food & Drug Administration, Jennifer Cashman, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Ryan, World Health Organization

New data shows decline of rabies in India

November 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Oft-claimed figures high by magnitudes of order          NEW DELHI,  NAGPUR––Newly published data from the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has added statistical weight to the likelihood that the most widely cited estimates of human rabies deaths in India are magnitudes of order high. The accuracy of the estimates matter […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Rabies, Street dogs Tagged With: Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Merritt Clifton, World Health Organization

Oscar Meyer leaving town after findings linking hot dogs to cancer

November 5, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Oscar Meyer leaves Madison after 96 years          MADISON,  Wisconsin––Just a week after the World Health Organization and International Agency for Cancer Research linked hot dog consumption to colorectal,  pancreatic,  and prostate cancers,  Oscar Meyer is leaving town. Oscar Meyer,  for 132 years among the biggest names in hot dogs,  known since 1936 for deploying […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disease, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pigs, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: colorectal cancer, Elio Riboli, International Agency of Cancer Research, Merritt Clifton, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, World Health Organization

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