Annotated BibliographySteroids. Anitbiotics. Sprays. Are food manufacturers killing us

Annotated Bibliography

McArdle, Megan. (2011, October). Resistance is Futile. Atlantic Monthly, 308 (3), 40-44).             Retrieved October 10, 2012, from http://www.ebscohost.com

At a time when diseases like TB, pneumonia and staph leading causes of death, companies whose sole venture is to manufacture drugs have not accorded researches into new forms of antibiotics that can save life. Instead, lucrative drugs have been preferred to saving the precious human life. This catchy feature article sheds light on the underlying dangers that come with overdependence on antibiotics. For the body usually gets accustomed to these drugs, resulting to resistance by disease-causing organisms.

Fischbach, F. (2005, May). The Culture of Steroids. Club Industry’s Fitness Business Pro, 21        (5), 16-25. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from http://www.proquest.com

The purchase and sale of steroids are a money-making venture. This is for the simple reason that there are many dealers engaged in the business. Majority of men are crazy about amassing body muscles. The author of this publication narrates on how a 23-year-old boy began to use steroids, oblivious of its dangers, he went ahead and began to sell and distribute them. He used the dollars that he had to invest in the business. But soon, the shortcomings associated with the drugs began to show up.

Mustard, Thornton, D. (2003). The Tricks of the Trade with Taste Buds: FOOD. Business and      Economics, 1-15. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from http://www.proquest.com

Food manufacturers have been faulted for causing the over-feeding epidemic. In particular, there are growing concerns that food manufacturers are manipulating the tastes of various foodstuffs so as to raise the appetites of consumers. This has resulted to widespread condemnation of the act by citizens, who claim that they are to blame for the increased obese population in recent times. This book also tells of the steps that heath practitioners and legal experts are taking to reverse this trend.

Julan, B. (2002) Pesticides: Communities Put a Lid on Lawn Sprays. General Interest             Periodical, 115 (30), 1-24. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from http://www.proquest.com

Amid widespread use of lawn sprays to levelize and beautify lawns, there are serious dangers, as John Sankey asserted 30 years back. At the time, nobody was ready to second his move. But the Julan writes, individuals and organizations have taken an altogether different twist. Having learnt the environmental and health dangers that using such sprays yield, environmentalists, the political class, bureaucrats, and concerned individuals, have now unwaveringly joined hands towards John’s cause- war on the widespread use of lawn chemicals.

Obolensky, N. (2012). The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011: Too Little Too Broad, Too      Bad. Law Reviews, 17, 887. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from             http://www.ebscohost.com

With the rise in use of industrial food to sustain the eve-growing human population, new health risks have emerged which have proven fatal. Obolensky takes us through the transformations that man has gone through in seeking to nutritiously satisfy him. He writes that man has evolved from using family farms as a source of food sustenance, to industrialization. This new trend has its dangers, dangers to the American culture as well as health nutrition and culture. Indeed, there have been many hidden food processing procedures that lobby groups want unveiled, which are to blame for the rise in deaths since industrial manufacture of food kicked off. Addition of fatal chemical components is a case in point.