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Union of Concerned Scientists, Pharm and industrial crops The next wave of agricultural biotechnology. 2003. Available from http //www.ucsusa.org/ food and environment/biotechnology/ page.cfm page ID =1033... 

Mellon M, Benbrook C, Benbrook K (2001) Hogging it. Estimates of antimicrobial abuse in livestock. Union of Concerned Scientists Publications (UCS), www.ucsusa.org/ publications, Cambridge... 

UCS (2001). Hogging it Estimates of antimicrobial abuse in livestock. Percent of all antibiotics given to healthy livestock. Union of Concerned Scientist, website details ... 

UCS (2003). Hogging it Estimates of antimicrobial use in livestock. Available at the Union of Concerned Scientists website http //www.ucsusa.org/food and environment/antibiotic-resistance/index. 

The global-resources site for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Follow the link to ozone depletion for a list of frequently asked questions and an overview of the science behind ozone depletion. 

In February 2007, the United Nation s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommended banning all construction on land that is less than 39 inches above sea level. In July 2007, the Union of Concerned Scientists predicted that if inaction continues, the Financial District and the subways in New York City will probably be flooded. 

While the plea to more closely regulate the clinical use of antibiotics in humans is an obvious admonition to the medical community (humans take an estimated 3 million pounds yearly), there are other sources of concern. For example, the American Medical Association estimates that more than half of the total mass of antibiotics used in the United States is fed to animals, not to cure them of illness, but as growth promoters or to prevent illness. The Animal Health Institute, which represents makers of animal drugs, indicates that more than 20 million pounds of antibiotics are used yearly in the United States. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that as little as 2 million pounds go to sick animals. This is exactly the type of profligate usage that promotes the emergence of resistance. 

Mellon, M. and Rissler, J., Gone to Seed Transgenic Contaminants of the Traditional Seed Supply, Union of Concerned Scientists, UCS Publications, Cambridge, MA, 2004. 

Deyette, Jeff, Steve Clemmer, and Deborah Donovan. 2003. Plugging in Renewable Energy Grading the States. Washington, D.C. Union of Concerned Scientists, May. 

Mark, J. 1996. Zeroing Out Pollution The Promise of Fuel Cell Vehicles. Cambridge, MA Union of Concerned Scientists. 

M. Mellon, J. Rissler and F. McCamant, Union of Concerned Scientists briefing paper, May 1995. 

An excellent compendium of cases of manipulation of science by the Bush administration, The A to Z Guide of Political Interference in Science, was compiled by the Union of Concerned Scientists and can be found on the Internet at www.ucsusa.org/scientific integrity/ interference/a-to-z-guide-to-political.html. 

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