U.S. MAY BE PRODUCING 50 PERCENT MORE METHANE THAN EPA THINKS

Source: NPR

Methane is the source of the gas we burn in stoves. You can also use it to make plastics, antifreeze, or fertilizer. It comes out of underground deposits, but it also seeps up from swamps, landfills, even the stomachs of cows. And while methane is valuable, a lot of it gets up into the atmosphere, where it becomes a... (read more)

BANNED FEED ADDITIVE FOUND IN U.S. BEEF DELIVERY

Source: allaboutfeed.net

South Korean authorities have suspended some beef imports from the United States following the discovery of the feed additive zilpaterol in a consignment of beef, supplied by a unit of JBS USA Holdings. Zilmax, a zilpaterol-based drug, is mixed into cattle feed and is used to bulk up the animals before slaughter. Its use can help feedyards get roughly 25 more pounds of beef from each carcass. The drug came into focus this year when Tyson Foods, the (Read more...)