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More lowdown on milk from Robert Cohen, author of MILK the Deadly Poison


Pig Cloning Offers PR Bonanza But No Medical Miracles

        Response to pig cloning from Campaign for Responsible Transplantation


DLRM calls for judicial enquiry into validity of animal experiments for predicting adverse drug reactions


MISCELLANEOUS FARM ANIMAL NEWS

      Swiss find illegal DES in American beef

      E. coli more prevalent than expected in U.S.  Cows

      Proposal to ban young children from visiting UK farms

      3-month old baby may be youngest "mad cow' victim

      German sausage contains brain tissue banned by EC

      "Mad Cow" disease returns to Danmark


ON THE DRUG SCENE

       Moxifloxicin (Avelox) "not recommended"

       St Johns-wort interferes with other drugs

       Head lice becoming harder to treat

       Diet vs. Ritalin


RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS

      Virus found in nerve cells of ALS patients

      Bone marrow and breast cancer

      House pets may avert children's allergies

      Human studies indict homocysteine as a cause of heart disease\

      Aspartame linked to adverse reactions including weight gain


BOOK REVIEWS by Rona Zaid, PhD

      Wind-of-Fire by Joan Beth Claire

      The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol  J. Adams celebrating this

             groundbreaking book's 10th anniversary


More primate deaths at Coulston Foundation


Dissection Choice bill opposed by U of IL Veterinary Colletge


NEJM admits breech of its own ethical standards


Imutran to fund U of WI xenotransplant experiments


Human cloning patent granted "by mistake"


Human ovaries grown in mice at U of Utah


LETTERS  from Irwin D. Bross, PhD, Amherst NY; Susan Carr Grant, Rochester NY; Marguerite Wegner, Australia; Alix Fano, New York NY and the late Veva Keeler of Hornell and Wellsville NY

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Volume 11  Issue 1                                                                                             Spring  2000

The Civil Abolitionist



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