Disabled activist explains why he confronted Sen. Jeff Flake on airplane
“Republican politicians need to hear those voices. They need to take the blinders off and recognize what this bill will really do to people like me.”
Trump administration bans CDC from using these words
A CDC analyst said he was unable to recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents because they were considered controversial.
Study: Babies with low birth weights more likely near Pennsylvania fracking sites
This study adds to the existing scientific literature that tells us there are serious public health consequences linked to fracking.
EPA allowing widespread use of unapproved pesticides, study finds
“The chronic abuse of the emergency approval process has created a shortcut for pesticide companies looking to gain backdoor approval for use of harmful pesticides.”
Monsanto giving cash to farmers who use controversial pesticide
Meanwhile, regulators in North Dakota, Missouri and Arkansas are taking steps to set restrictions on dicamba-based herbicides.
Exposure to air pollution from traffic increases risk of low birth weight, study shows
Term low birth weight, defined in the study as a weight less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, can have lifelong implications for health, with increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and hypertension in later life.
Time to organize a mass movement in defense of Social Security and Medicare for...
So who’s on this? We need to get to work.
Thousands of Native American children will lose health insurance
If Children’s health is no longer funded (because Congress did not reauthorize the legislation) then the Indian Health Service will have to make up the difference.
Healthcare crisis – The only solution is Holistic Living
Sticking to status quo guarantees a disastrous future in which an increasingly unhealthy and unhappy society will be crushed by the ever-rising financial burden of healthcare.
Mexico revokes Monsanto’s permit to market GMO soy in seven states
The permit revocation applies to the states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.