Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Over there is now over here

The world, in other words, has turned upside down.

Toxic chemicals in food packaging weaken our immune system response to COVID-19—when will Congress...

A new federal bill would advance public and environmental health by banning toxic chemicals from food packaging.

American Pharmacists Association Urges Members to Stop Providing Execution Drugs

Delegates of the American Pharmacists Association are refusing to provide drugs for use in lethal injections. Could this declaration make carrying out executions even more difficult for death penalty states?

How two common medications became one $455 million specialty pill

After I was prescribed a brand-name drug I didn’t need and given a coupon to cover the out-of-pocket costs, I discovered another reason Americans pay too much for health care.

GOP Health care bill dies once again after two more Republicans withdraw their support

Senators Jerry Moran and Mike Lee just put the nail in the coffin.
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Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity and other criteria.

If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big pressure on factory...

Our current factory farming model is broken – environmentally, medically and morally.

Those Americans who refuse to wear masks, those who condone Trump’s reprehensible Covid-19 management

“Here’s what I have concluded: These two groups of Americans, those who reject masks and those who condone, are, not surprisingly, one and the same.”

USDA approves 2 new varieties of GMO potatoes

It's hardly an exaggeration to say that over the past two decades, the agriculture industry in the U.S. has wholeheartedly embraced GMO crops with gusto