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Transition Topic V: Free Lunch, Climate Change and Human Health

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Public Health, Tropical Diseases, Cdc, Human Health, Global Warming, Climate Change, Barack Obama 2008, Obama Transition, Green News

Industrial pollution is not our only problem. Lest you believe we are isolated from environmental degradations far off in foreign lands, visit Florida.

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A Toxic World?

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Toxins, Nih, Detox, Life Force, Chemicals, Who, Cdc, Health, Nutrition, Diet, McCombs Plan, Antioxidants, LifeForce Plan, Foods, Kidneys, Hot Baths, New Age, Water, Yeast, Liver, Sweating, Saunas, Glutathione, Living News

Some people think that the body is adequately equipped for detoxification, but if it were, we wouldn't have words like carcinogen, teratogens, reproductive toxicants, and endocrine disruptors.

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HIV Scare at St. Louis High School

Abigail Jones | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.

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End of the Innocence: McCain, Obama and Vaccines. Oh My!

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Will the next administration set serious goals of reversing the rate of autism diagnosis by the end of their term or just declare autism a national health emergency and let it go at that?

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A Response to Sally Pipes

Holly Robinson Peete | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Pharmaceutical Company, Mmr Shot, Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccine Safety, Celebs Stop Taking Poisonous Shots at Vaccines, Sally Pipes, Health, Antibiotics, Autism Community, Cdc, Autism, Vaccinations, Pediatrician, New York Daily News, Hollyrod Foundation, Autism Thimerosal, Measles, Living News

By using vaccines, we've been able to eradicate such diseases as smallpox, polio and measles. But the mercury used for decades as a preservative in the vaccinations is poison, pure and simple.

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Births Up -- No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Family Friendly Policy, Census, Sex, Breaking News, Birth Rates, Cdc, Fertility, Fertility Anxiety, Living Childfree, Teen Birth Rise, Women's Work, Women's Education, Style News

Anxiety helps put pressure on women to have babies now, at whatever age -- along with the recent highly politicized decreases in access to birth control, especially for younger women.

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Number Of New HIV Infections In US Much Higher Than Government Reported, Study Finds

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aids, Cdc, Hiv, Hiv Infections, Politics News

ATLANTA — The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health offic...

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Global Warming is Good for You!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Cdc, Children, Health, Global Warming, Epa, United Nations, Green News

While Cheney's office has allegedly deleted from the public record CDC testimony about how it might be detrimental -- go ahead everyone, drive more, shop more! It's patriotic and it's good for you!

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White House Whistle-Blower Reveals Bush Admin's Environmental Foibles

New York Times | Felicity Barringer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Green New Deal, Cdc, Global Warming, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Dick Cheney, Environment, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Whistle-Blowers, Cheney Global Warming, Epa, Bush Global Warming, Cheney Cover-Up, EPA Testimony, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, G8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News

Jason K. Burnett, Washington's environmental whistle-blower du jour, is an example of a once rare, now almost common, phenomenon: a political appointe...

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Most Obese States: The South Wins Again!

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Most Obese States, Obesity, Most Obese States 2008, Cdc, Centers for Disease Control, Living News

ATLANTA — The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent of adults ...

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Cheney Wanted To Delete Major Parts Of Environmental Testimony

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, EPA Testimony, Dick Cheney, Environment, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cheney Cover-Up, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cdc, Climate Change, Green News

WASHINGTON — Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimo...

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CDC: Vaccine Study Used Flawed Methods

David Kirby | Posted 06.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Adhd, Add, Autism, Cdc, Gerberding, Vaccines, Autism Vaccines, Living News

My original post mischaracterized the CDC vaccine investigation, and I'm reposting this piece to reflect that information accurately, but also to point out many of the weaknesses identified in the CDC's data.

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WayUnacceptableTV

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Abortion, Salon.com, Jezebel, Damon Wayans, Abortion Man, Cdc, My Wife and Kids, Jessica Delfino, Media News

As a stand-up comedian, I have a good sense of humor. But I'm damn certain that Damon Wayans' site's Abortion Man video is sick and sad.

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