Consumers sue Monsanto for misleading labeling
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup brand of weed-killers, and research by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has found that it is a probable human carcinogen.
Doctors speak out: For the sake of human health ban fracking
"In light of more than 900 scientific studies that overwhelmingly demonstrate risks and adverse impacts of drilling and fracking, Governor Wolf must implement a moratorium to stop the public health crisis that is occurring in Pennsylvania."
How clean water is linked with environmental and human health
When the world works together, a brighter and greener future is possible.
Former healthcare executive pleads guilty to bribing state senator
“Raveendran’s plea based on his egregious criminal conduct underscores our decision to charge him initially for Medicaid fraud following our extensive investigation involving millions of documents.”
EPA acknowledges proven dangers of bee-killing pesticides but refuses to restrict them
Neonicotinoids have already been banned by the European Union, it is time they were banned here.
Early data shows African Americans have contracted and died of coronavirus at an alarming...
“When COVID-19 passes and we see the losses … it will be deeply tied to the story of post-World War II policies that left communities marginalized.”
President’s “health reform vision”: $1 trillion in cuts, no plan to protect people with...
Despite the lack of detail, the budget sheds light on what the President’s vision for health care entails, including significant cuts and an empty promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions.
Judge blocks California from putting cancer warning on Roundup
So far, juries in three trials have ordered the company to pay billions after concluding that the product did cause cancer.
Let’s have a wealth tax to fund Medicare for All
The total amount of tax would be $8.426 trillion. At present, the federal government spends $4.407 trillion annually. The wealth tax would be nearly twice as large.
Another American dies after not being able to afford prescription insulin
“How many more young Type 1 diabetes patients have to die before something finally changes?”