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Conventional Cattle Being Milked on Organic Farms?
USDA proposed origin-of-livestock rule may institutionalize new loophole.
Left in the Brain: Potentially Toxic Residue From MRI Drugs
Researchers raise alarms about unknown health risks of GE's Omniscan and Bayer's Magnevist, drugs injected to get better MRI pictures that contain the heavy metal gadolinium.
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Cotton, Cashmere, Chemicals – What Really Goes Into Making Your Clothes?
Manufacturers are paying increased attention to hazardous substances in our wardrobe.
There Is No Budget Surplus in Wisconsin
The facts are these: Walker does not have a surplus. He has a $2.2 billion deficit and a big problem.
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Nuclear Weapons Labs Hit With Sizable Fines for New Security Violations
A classified material was missing for years before anyone noticed.
Congress Gets 400,000 Signatures Demanding Debt-Free College
College students currently face more than $1.3 trillion of education debt in the US.
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How a Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina
What began as isolated ideological attacks is looking more and more like a wholesale gutting of the state's public colleges.
Dahr Jamail | Oil Trains Don’t Have to Derail or Explode to Be Hazardous, Doctors Warn
Doctors warn of major health dangers posed by US oil trains - even when they don't derail and explode.
Federal Judge Orders Release of Albert Woodfox, Held 40+ Years in Solitary Confinement [Updated]
Albert Woodfox is the longest-serving US prisoner in solitary confinement.
More Than 8 Million Iraqis in Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
The EC estimates that about 8.2 million Iraqi people are in need of some form of emergency assistance.