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Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Law, Philosophy, Lithium, Green, Violence, Suicide, Prozac, Drugs, Green Living, Peter Kramer, Dentistry, Texas, Politics, Pharmaceutical Industry, Human Rights, Health, Water, Ethics, Environment, Utilitarianism, Japan, Tobacco, Libertarianism, Bioethics, Medicine, Michigan, Healthcare, Cocaine, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.

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Multinationals Going Shopping For Lithium Below Bolivia's Salt Desert

The Guardian | Rory Carroll and Andres Schipani in Salar De Uyuni | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium, Bolivia, Lithium Mining, Resource Conflict, Green News

Stand in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, the world's greatest salt desert, and the first word that springs to mind is ­nothing. As far as the eye can s...

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Bolivia's Lithium Could Transform Economy In Greener World (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Latin America, Lithium, Foreign Affairs, Bolivian Lithium, Bolivia, Lithium Batteries, Advocacy, Video, World News

Bolivia controls nearly half of the world's reserves of lithium, a metal crucial for electric cars and other alternative energy technologies. But w...

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A New Day in South America

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: South America, Nationalize, Colonialism, Hugo Chavez, Eyck Freymann, Lithium, Economy, Brazil, Evo Morales, Lula, Socialism, World News
Eyck Freymann

Evo Morales' charisma and resonant populist message have revolutionary potential throughout the South American continent. The question is only whether he will be thwarted by foreign governments and corporations.

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More Natural Resource Conflicts To Come (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Bolivia, Drc, Lithium, Coltan, Resource Conflict, Evo Morales, Green Politics, Electronics, Congo, Green News

Competition for natural resoures often lies at the heart of human conflict, from oil and water in the Middle East to contested coltan in the Democ...

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In Bolivia, Lithium Is A Tightly Controlled Commodity

Nytimes.com | SIMON ROMERO | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Bolivia Indian Rights, Bolivia Lithium, Latin America, Lithium, Morales, Evo Morales, Bolivia, Bolivia Resources, World News

UYUNI, Bolivia -- In the rush to build the next generation of hybrid or electric cars, a sobering fact confronts both automakers and governments seeki...

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