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The Canadian government fired three scientists who have taken high-profile stances critiquing livestock feed regulations to address mad cow disease [4], against Monsanto [5]'s milk hormone BGH [6] and against new uses for Eli Lilly [7]'s antibiotic tylosin for livestock. A government official said, "This is not because of anything they may have said publicly." A union representative rebutted, "The fact that it's three [people fired] on the same day is unusual, and it also, I believe lends credence to the argument we're putting forward that [the firings are] a result of them being whistle-blowers [8]."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/agriculture/mad-cow-disease
[3] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2004%2F07%2F2788%2Fblame-canada&linkname=Blame%2C%20in%20Canada
[4] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mad_cow_disease
[5] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Monsanto
[6] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=RBGH
[7] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Eli_Lilly
[8] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Kill_the_messenger:_whistleblowers_and_cover-ups
[9] http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5684541