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FDA Makes It Official: BPA Can’t Be Used in Baby Bottles and Cups
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and childrenu2019s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some …
Spying on Scientists: How the FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over Radiation
The Food and Drug Administration has been found to have launched a massive surveillance campaign targeting its own scientists for writing letters to journalists, members of Congress and President …
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A “Victory” in My FOIA Lawsuit Against the FBI
Founder of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Information Policy calls FBI actions
The Unhappy Truth About Positive Psychology
While trying to survive (as opposed to thrive) is the new normal, increasing numbers of people still debate the nature of happiness.
The Election Reflects America’s Conservative Era
This year's presidential campaign is taking place within an extremely conservative era in American political history that will substantially influence the domestic and foreign priorities of the next administration, …
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Mitt Romney’s “Hostile Takeover” of Massachusetts Environmental Protections
Romney, then governor of Massachusetts, diverted $45,000 from the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to hold a send-off rally for the football team at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium …
Hope Is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dead World
First, to be a hope-monger or a hope-peddler today is not just a sign of weakness but also of laziness, and sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
As the West Burns: Speaking Truth to Fire
Just like last year, much of the entire West is smothered again by smoke; tens of thousands of people have been evacuated; hundreds of homes have been lost; brave …
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In Vast Effort, FDA Spied on Emails of Its Own Scientists
A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of …
Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural
The threat to global heath and safety that is unique to nuclear power lives on.