Drugs for Youth

By: Wednesday September 29, 2010 5:55 pm

How America has lost its common sense in its search for youth and its relation to it.

To Obama: Use Regulatory Measures If You Don’t Want Health Insurers To Play Politics With Lives

By: Tuesday September 14, 2010 1:28 pm

PRESS RELEASE:

The California consumer group that pioneered the nation’s toughest property casualty insurance regulation called on President Obama today to use his federal regulatory authority and state ballot measure processes to stop health insurers from arbitrarily raising rates on Americans.

But President Pinocchio, How Can the Oil be Gone and the Oily Fish Good to Eat?

By: Friday August 13, 2010 9:12 am

But President Pinocchio, How Can the Oil be Gone and the Oily Fish Good to Eat?! — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

Innovation of the Week: Handling Pests with Care Instead of Chemicals

By: Wednesday August 11, 2010 6:50 am

Read about Integrated Pest Management – a method of growing crops with minimizes the use of pesticides.

We failed the people who cleaned up 9/11. Will we fail the people cleaning up the Gulf?

By: Tuesday June 29, 2010 8:44 am

In the aftermath of 9/11, we saw thousands of workers develop devastating respiratory conditions and other illnesses as a result of exposure to toxic dust that filled the air in the days and weeks after the twin towers fell. To this day, these peoples’ plight continues to add misery to the ongoing tragedy of 9/11. What makes it even worse is that these people were assured the air was safe.   As we all know now, it wasn’t.

Today, sadly, history may be repeating itself in the Gulf of Mexico.

EPA will hold 4 meetings on hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking)…where will you be?

By: Thursday June 24, 2010 8:52 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting four public information meetings on the proposed study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and its potential impacts on drinking water…The meetings will provide public information about the proposed study scope and design. EPA will solicit public comments on the draft study plan.

The public meetings will be held on:

* July 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. CDT at the Hilton Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas
* July 13 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. MDT at the Marriot Tech Center’s Rocky Mountain Events Center in Denver, Colo.
* July 22 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT at the Hilton Garden Inn in Canonsburg, Pa.
* August 12 at the Anderson Performing Arts Center at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y. for 3 sessions – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT

Go below the fold for more essential information.

Fluoride in Your Water? Get It Out

By: Friday June 4, 2010 6:10 am

Fluoride chemicals are dripped into your body via pubic water supplies to satisfy the political interests of organized dentistry and the legislators they support. ingesting fluoride harms your health.

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