A correlation between air pollution and diabetes found in new study despite current EPA...
"Evidence shows that current levels are still not sufficiently safe and need to be tightened.”
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Another oil spill, fracking fuels climate change, Mueller investigates Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and more.
Drug shortages pose a public health crisis in the US
All too often, a shortage means that doctors cannot give the right drugs to patients when needed.
Investigation: Substandard medical care in ICE detention is killing immigrants, endangering lives
"ICE, the agency that’s detaining now 40,000 people… and wants to expand, cannot provide adequately for the safety of the people that it holds.”
First plaintiff goes to trial against Monsanto claiming RoundUp to blame for terminal cancer
With thousands of cases being brought against Monsanto, the company's infamous weed-killer, RoundUp, is to blame by many cancer sufferers.
Trump slashes $7 billion from children’s health program
The move is being called "despicable on every level."
DC’s March for Science Evolved
NationofChange joins thousands at the second annual March for Science, which has evolved considerably.
US health care ranks last among the 11 developed nations
The Commonwealth Fund's evaluation report noted that "a drastic change in course" is needed to compete with similar nations.
Michigan to stop giving bottled water to Flint residents
Over 12,000 lead or galvanized steel pipes that could potentially bring lead-contaminated water are still in use.
A death in Louisiana’s cancer alley reinforces a small town’s fears of industry impacts
Helping the residents of St. James relocate seems more feasible than assuring them that the air they are breathing is clean.