Foul Taste to Keep Pigeons Safe
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Racing pigeon owners are planning to make their birds less tasty in a bid to stop them being eaten by peregrine falcons, it was revealed today.
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 15--Customers of the Browns Ferry Water District in central Georgetown County were advised late Thursday to boil their water before drinking it or use bottled water because E. coli was found in the water.
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To marine biologists, âplasticsâ is a dirty word. Fish and birds can eat or become tangled in fishing gear or other plastic flotsam.
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Tyson Fresh Meats, a Wallula, Washington unit of Tyson Foods Inc., is voluntarily recalling about 16,743 pounds (7.6 tons) of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli, the USDA said on Friday.
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The pollutant, which is a neurotoxin that can cause developmental problems in fetuses and young children, makes its way into the bloodstream when people eat contaminated fish.
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The FDA alert has made aficionados of raw fish nervous. Here's how to navigate through a newly anxious marketplace
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Mexican cantaloupe irrigated with water from sewage-tainted rivers. Candy laced with lead. Chinese toothpaste is not the only concern for U.S. consumers wary of the health risks posed by imported goods.
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Owls have been observed using dung as bait to trap beetles for their food, US biologists report.
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Chicken jerky products for dogs may be making some pets ill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 21--A new law prohibiting the intentional feeding of wildlife goes into effect today and running afoul of the measurecould result in a $300 fine.   The purpose of the law, which was sponsored by state Sen.
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On the world's list of weird foods, ortolan &#151; a bite-size songbird roasted and gulped down whole &#151; can claim a place of distinction. It's an illegal place, though, since the ortolan is a protected species and hunting it is banned in France. Now the government is out to get poachers of the coveted fowl.
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Food safety officials last night warned consumers eating potatoes and sweet potatoes to check their storage and condition after toxins in vegetables deemed unfit for human consumption were thought responsible for killing six cows
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WASHINGTON - Nearly one of every eight passenger airliners tested by the Environmental Protection Agency carried drinking water that fails agency standards because it contains coliform bacteria, the agency said Monday.    EPA enforcement chief Tom Skinner said passengers whose immune systems are compromised may want to avoid drinking water from airplane galleys or lavatories, although he noted that test results were preliminary...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised against eating raw oysters harvested in Washington state, citing a recent rash of bacteria-caused illnesses that have sickened people on both coasts.
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Once hunted by the thousands, the band-tailed pigeon is in decline. Mathew Tekulsky writes of the joy of seeing five or six of these big birds on his backyard feeder.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters Life!) - London has outlawed feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square and brought in trained hawks to kill them, prompting legal action against Mayor Ken Livingstone.
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By Richard Quinn, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 21--VIRGINIA BEACH -- If this story were a scratch 'n' sniff, it would reek of rotten eggs.