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Fat, Stupid, Impotent & Dangerous: The Future Without Green Chemistry

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Endocrine Disruptors, Chemical Exposure, Bisphenol A, Consumer Product Safety, Homeland Security, Green Chemistry, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

The mere presence of chemicals linked to health disorders does not mean disease will result. Yet research scientists and medical professionals now say that based on the evidence, there is reason to be concerned.

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Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Stop Smoking, Chewing Tobacco, Grizzly, Nicotine, Grizzly Chewing Tobacco, Smokers, Smoking, Camels, Public Health, Cigarettes, Smoking Rates, Niconovum AB, Camel Cigarettes, Quit Smoking, US Tobacco, Reynolds, Tobacco, Smoking Bans, Sweden, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps...

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It's Election Day: May I Take Your Order?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Issue 2, Animal Welfare, Election Day, H1n1, Swine Flu, Public Health, Factory Farms, Food Safety, E. Coli, Food-Borne Illness, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Think of your ballot as a list of menu options. Would you like your burger with, or without, deadly pathogens?

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Get your flu shots -- and ignore Bill Maher

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: H1N1 Vaccine, Public Health, Swine Flu Vaccination, Bill Maher, Living News
Harold Pollack

I just want to endorse Linda Bergthold's recent HuffPo column about Bill Maher. Maher is a funny guy who often displays a sharp intellect. On matters ...

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Swine Flu: Albany Spends $19,000 On Anti-Swine Flu Hand Sanitizer

New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Hand Sanitizer, Governor David Paterson, Swine Flu Prevention, Swine Flu, David Paterson, Governer Paterson, Richard Daines, Recession, Dr. Richard Daines, Public Health, Department of Health, New York, Swine Flu Pandemic, Albany, New York News

Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...

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Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Supports Human Health

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Nuclear War, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Health, President Obama, Nobel Prize, Living News
Sarah Lovinger

Today's announcement that President Obama won this year's Nobel Peace Prize not only strengthened the peace process, it also benefited human health worldwide.

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Public Health Key To Reducing Urban Violence: Kotlowitz

The Daily Northwestern | Lauren Kelleher | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Chicago Violence, Alex Kotlowitz, Ceasefire, Chicago Gang Violence, Gang Violence, Chicago News

According to acclaimed author Alex Kotlowitz, an unlikely tool - public health - can be used to help combat violence in Chicago's impoverished neighbo...

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whiskey Rebellion, Barter System, Stockholder, Marijuana, Prohibition, Feds, Newport, Civil War, Infrastructure, Moonbow, Grass, Occupational Safety, Nancy Pelosi, Environmental Movements, Coal Mine, Right to Vote, Mohawk, Lawless, Bill Tweed, Boss System, Indefeasible, Beverly Hillbillies, Hung, Ca, Louisville, George Washington, Appalachian, Civic, Tennessee, Census Worker, Mountaintop Removal, New York City Boss William Tweed, Civil Rights, Census Taker, Mystery, Kentucky Constitution, Second American Revolution, Food Safety, Pot, U.S. Constitution, Pittsburgh, Public School System, Declaration of Independence, Indiana Constitution, Cumberland Plateau, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inalienable, Daniel Boone National Forest, Bill Sparkman, Bluegrass, Ohio, Slavery, Lexington, Illinois, Coalmine, Federal Agents, Women’s, Appalachia, Hemp, Public Health, Daniel Boone U.S. Congress, Irish Immigrants, Democracy, Middle Class Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, Mountain, Capitalism, Bossism, Meth, Consumer, Murder, Labor, Southeastern Kentucky, Prison, Oxycontin, Big Coal, 1791, Fbi, Self-Organizing, Indiana, Hanged, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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Doctors Urge Politicians To Fight Climate Change

AP | Posted 09.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Environment, Doctors and Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

LONDON — A weak response to climate change could be catastrophic for international health, leading doctors said in two British medical journals ...

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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Neglected At A Cost To Health

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Lead, Baths, Municipalities, Rashes, Health, Toxic Water, Wells, Clean Water Act, Heavy Metals, Barium, Epa, Clean Water Act Violations, Showers, Manganese, Pollutants, Arsenic, Water Utilities, Public Health, Sewage, Drinking Water, Green News

Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact wit...

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Unchecked Swine Flu, (Sick?) CAFO Workers and Lax Regulation, Oh My

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Health, Novel H1N1, Cafo, CAFO Workers, Swine Flu, Pork Industry, Public Health, Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Now, as the World Health Organization expects a second wave of the flu to hit the northern hemisphere in the fall, it is worth considering some of the looming questions on how CAFOs could be contributing to the occurrence of disease.

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Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Swine Flue, Mexico, Health Healthcare, Public Health, Flu, Vaccinate, Reform, Germs, Typhoid Mary, Sanitation, Servant, Fear Mongering, Avian Flu, Germ Theory, Illegal Immigrant, Infectious, Hygiene, Chris Weigant, Infect, Disease, Sars, Germ, Vaccine, Mary Mallon, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Health Care, Influenza, Mallon, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

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Part 3: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform - The Economics

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Public Health Insurance Plan, Family Physician, President Obama, Georgia Association of Family Physicians, Deficit Neutral, Public Health, Congress, Obama-Healthcare-Reform, Tina Brown the Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Tina Brown, Cnn, Blue Dogs, Hospitals, Republicans in Name Only, President Bush, Healthcare Reform, Georgia W. Bush, President Clinton, Rinos, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Pay-Go, National Insurance Contributions, France, England, U.K., National Health Service, Tort Reform, Defensive Medicine, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

I don't know about you, but one thin dime for every buck you make seems like a very easy trade for being able to see the doctor any time you need to.

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Reality Check: National Health Care is National Security

Dan Agin | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Pellagra, Health Care, Private Interests, National Health Service, Politics News
Dan Agin

A public health service is not just a convenience, it's a vital part of the national security of a country.

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Blue Dogs Will Be Swept Out if Health Care Public Option Fails

Scott Foval | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Public Health, ScottsBigMouth.Com, Max Baucus, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Disinformation, Politics News
Scott Foval

Time to buck up, Mr. President, and remember that the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party went along with your rhetoric, but we expect that you will deliver the public option.

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Testing for Date Rape Drugs

Sophia Carroll | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Roofies, Date Rape Drug, Ambien, Crime, Health, Rohypnol, Alcohol, Date Rape, Drug Testing, Public Health, Emergency Room, Parties, Sleeping Pills, Women's Rights, Rape, Living News
Sophia Carroll

On Independence Day, somebody somehow slipped a pill into my wine glass at a dinner dance, and I left about three minutes before it really hit. Date rape drugs are a weapon.

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State Budget Cuts Threaten City's Response To Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Illinois Budget, Chicago-Public-Health, Infectious Diseases, Illinois Public Health, Illinois Budget Cuts, Health, Chicago News

Public health officials in Chicago are calling on state lawmakers to craft a responsible public health budget....

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First Lady Announces Stimulus Package For Health Clinics

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: First Lady, Michelle Obama, Women's Health, Public Health, Community Organizing, Community Health Clinic Obama, Men's Health, Giving, Obesity, The Giving Life, Living News

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama visited a community health center Monday to announce the release of $850 million in stimulus grants to he...

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Matt Damon, ONE and a Tractable Global Problem

John Sauer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Epidemics, Children, Diarrhea, Disease, Water, Public Health, Global Health, Water for the World Act of 2009, Under-Five Mortality, International, Sanitation, Politics News
John Sauer

Universal access to water and sanitation is still a pipe dream for many poorer countries, especially nations in Africa.

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Blood and Treasure: Free Trade Human Plasma Across the US Mexican Border?

Aram Roston | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Nafta, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Plasma, Public Health, Health Care Reform, Mexico, Investigative Journalism, Medicine, Health Care, Investigation, Business News
Aram Roston

The United States is the world's leading exporter of human plasma - providing about 70 per cent of global supplies, the biggest player in what is now a multibillion dollar business.

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Why the AMA Doesn't Speak for Me

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Universal Healthcare, Public Health, Health Care Reform, American Medical Association, Universal Health Care, Single Payer Healthcare, Medicare, Single Payer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dr. Peter Klatsky

Most physicians went into medicine because it allowed us to heal, comfort and help people. Sadly, the AMA feels like it exists only to help doctors help themselves.

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Vaccines Save Lives: Here's Proof

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Meningitis, Death, Vaccines, Health, Wellness, Living News
Sarah Lovinger

With all the controversy surrounding childhood vaccination, it is important to note that this vaccine may just save your child's life. I know my child will be in line for her meningitis vaccine when she reaches the appropriate age.

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Swine Flu: Illinois Confirms Second Death From H1N1

AP | Posted 06.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health, Illinois Swine Flu Deaths, Swine Flu Illinois, Swine Flu Deaths, Swine Flu, Public Health, Swine Flu Chicago, H1n1, Swine Flu Cook County, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A second Illinoisan died from complications of swine flu, state health officials said Wednesday, prompting renewed warnings that the v...

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Madonna, Africa and Child Mortality

Jim Luce | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Hiv, United Nations, Malaria, Thought Leaders, Tb, Global Citizens, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Raising Malawi, Jim Luce, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Respiratory Illness, Earth Institute, African Children, Infant Mortality, Africa, Madonna, Parasites, Malawi, Public Health, Mathew Luce, Parenting, Jeffry Sachs, Haiti, David Banda, Columbia University, Diarrhea, Mercy, Millennium Villages, N.Y.U. Medical School, Orphans International Worldwide, Dried Mopane Worms, World News
Jim Luce

The deaths of African children are all about food, water and cooking stoves. There is usually no public health system in place to address this tragic litany of otherwise very approachable issues.

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