Council supports plan to deal with Avian Flu (Merrimack Journal) With cases of Triple E and West Nile virus sprouting up in the area in recent years, there is growing concern that the Avian Flu could hit the United States possibly by next year, according to biologists in Alaska and Canada. [News Source]

An export boom suddenly facing a quality crisis. Weeks after tainted Chinese pet food ingredients killed and sickened thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S., China is facing growing international pressure to prove that its food exports are safe to eat. [News Source]

An export boom suddenly facing a quality crisis. Weeks after tainted Chinese pet food ingredients killed and sickened thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S., China is facing growing international pressure to prove that its food exports are safe to eat. [News Source]

An environmental icon’s unseen fortitude. As the 100th anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth approaches, she is still cited as an inspiration across the environmental spectrum, by endangered-species advocates and researchers concerned about hormone-mimicking pollutants. [News Source]

An environmental icon’s unseen fortitude. As the 100th anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth approaches, she is still cited as an inspiration across the environmental spectrum, by endangered-species advocates and researchers concerned about hormone-mimicking pollutants. [News Source]

EU countdown to bird flu amendments continues (Food Production Daily) 18/05/2007 - The European poultry industry has just six weeks left to prepare itself for new proposals designed to prevent the spread of H5N1 avian influenza into the food chain, the European Commission has warned. [News Source]

U.S. Preparedness To Respond To Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strengthened By CDC/CSTE Partnership – New Three-day Online … (Medical News Today) A three-day training course which provides a standardized curriculum to state and local public-health responders about how to identify and control human infections and illness associated with avian influenza A (H5N1) is being released on-line today. [click link for full article] [News Source]