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Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More

Naomi Starkman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green


Naomi Starkman

Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA).

Consumer Reports: What Is Net Neutrality?

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


Craig Newmark

Even Senator John McCain was for Net Neutrality, before he was against it.

Halloween Horror: Cattle Fed Chicken Poop and Recycled Cow Remains

Naomi Starkman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Naomi Starkman

Feeding cattle chicken litter is everyday practice in feedlots. Surprisingly, this unhealthy and inhumane practice is legal and poorly monitored, creating unacceptable risks to human and animal health.

Shahien Nasiripour

Despite Housing Slump, Mortgage Lenders Making Record Profits From Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business


Never ones to let an opportunity go unexploited, mortgage lenders are taking advantage of a market fueled by low interest rates and massive government...

Food Safety Action Day (Join Us!)

Morgan Jindrich | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Morgan Jindrich

This week, Make Our Food Safe, a coalition of public interest safety groups are taking the message of safe lunches to the streets.

Fear and Waiting: What the Wise County Clinic Means This Year

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 08.22.2009 | Home


Marcella Mroczkowski

A free medical clinic in the poor southwestern part of Virginia treated over 1,500 patients, some driving up to five hours and sleeping in their cars to secure a place in line.

Consumer Reports Regarding Health Care Reform

Craig Newmark | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Craig Newmark

Consumer Reports/Consumers Union are the real deal regarding health care reform, they've been on it for years.

Intel Q4 Revenue Down 23%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 8, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Intel's revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, howe...

14 Steps to Food Safety

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green


Marguerite Manteau-Rao

I was shocked to learn that only 1% of most imported food gets inspected. Unless sticking to natural, non processed, domestic foods, there is no way of knowing for sure what's in our food.

Time To Mothball The Butterball!

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green


Kerry Trueman

There are some not-so-wonderful aspects to Butterball's signature product -- in a concession to our obsession with big breasts, American turkey breeders created an avian abomination.