A coalition of health, consumer, agricultural, environmental, humane and other advocacy groups is calling for the passage of a law banning the use of antibiotics in animal feeds to prevent the emergence of drug-resistant bacterial diseases.

The Chicago-based Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) is backing the "Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act" (PAMTA) of Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, and Olympia Snow, R-Maine. The bill phases out in two years antibiotics for humans used to primarily promote the growth of pigs, sheep, chicken and cattle

A researcher in Nigeria says that simple hand washing can save lives in Africa and could reduce the incidence of diarrhea by up to 30 percent. That would place the value of hand washing as about equal to access to clean water in cutting diarrhea infections, the researcher said.

Researchers, led by Regina Ejemot of the University of Caliber, in Nigeria reviewed the results of 14 studies of hygiene promotion practices in institutions, community organizations and homes involving more than 8,000 people

Supermarket operator Safeway Inc.on Thursday announced that it has received a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture warning it may have received raw ground beef products affected with a strain of Salmonella Newport.

The USDA has suggested the consumers to discard the ground beef products purchased between September 19 and November 5 from any of the stores owned by Safeway Inc

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore on Tuesday ordered a confectionery to shut down after customers who ate a cake made by the factory suffered food poisoning.

The factory, Prima Food, also decided to voluntarily close its 39 Prima Deli bakeries islandwide for one week starting on Wednesday. One outlet sold a chocolate cake contaminated with salmonella bacteria to one of the victims of the food poisoning

Batman, the caped crusader from Gotham City, could easily beat arch rivals Joker and the Penguin without batting an eyelash but an encounter with the Hong Kong's famed but polluted harbor is one he is quick to back out from.

The script of the latest movie sequel calls for dark knight to jump out of a plane into the Victoria Harbor but producers cut the scene, noting the poor water quality is just too dangerous for the action hero, the South China Morning Post reports