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...make matters worse, antimicrobials have been introduced into hand creams, household cleansers, livestock feed. Not long ago, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine announced plans to withdraw approval of the use of fluoroquinolones in poultry feed. Of particular concern was campylobacter, a common cause of diarrheal disease. And the Minnesota department of public health made headlines when it surveyed poultry on sale in the state's supermarkets and found 88% of the samples were contaminated by campylobacter, 20% of which were fluoroquinolone resistant...
...Bush nominee Linda Chavez learned Tuesday and Clinton nominees Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood learned back in 1993, many Americans appear to feel there's something singularly distressing about a woman who's not totally in control of household events and expenditures. It's the household after all, we murmur. Shouldn't she have been spending more time at home? That way she wouldn't have had to hire illegal immigrants to do her job in the first place...
...plenty of people have pointed out over the last few days, illegal household labor has become a fact of life in this country. There simply aren't enough people in the "legal" pool to fill the need for domestic workers. And the demand, of course, has gone up dramatically in the past two decades as women have entered the workforce and left children and dirty dishes at home...
...when something goes awry in that realm, we reflexively look to mothers and wives for an explanation - even if their careers take them as far from the household sphere as their husbands'. The message to women, although subtle, is clear: You want a career? Fine. Just don't forget where your primary responsibility lies...
...SECURE THE HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD LIQUOR Joel locks his doors at 1 a.m. and goes to bed. Anyone coming or going will set off his house alarm. For families without security systems, I suggest that a parent sleep on a cot or couch near the door...