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Big Pharma
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The Human Being as Unwitting Research Object for Industrial Chemistry
It is time to stop allowing the chemical industry to use us all as uninformed and non-consenting research objects in its 75-year-old experiment.
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Double Dip: Doctors Paid To Advise, Promote Drug Companies That Fund Their Research
Research has been seen as less objectionable than other forms of interactions with drug companies, but 10 percent of researchers have multiple ties among the nine companies analyzed. That …
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Six Drugs Whose Dangerous Risks Were Buried So Big Pharma Could Make Money
New meds are being rushed to the market so industry can start making money even before safety has been determined.
The Selling of ADHD: Diagnoses, Prescriptions Soar After 20-Year Marketing Effort by Big Pharma
Taken at face value, the latest figures on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, suggest a growing epidemic in the United States.
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US Bullying at TPP Negotiations for Big Pharma Profits
A key dispute in the TPP negotiations is the patents on pharmaceutical drugs and medical procedures. Long patents inflate the profits of the pharmaceutical industry by not allowing less …
Capitalism + Racism = Death
The AIDS epidemic in Africa is one of the most callous examples of how the concept of profit before people has risen to Genocidal proportions.
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Death by Corporation: America’s Corporate Deathstar
Instead of protecting US citizens, the Obama administration is enabling the ultimate corporate “Deathstar.”
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America’s Foster Care System: Test Lab for Big Pharma, Cash Cow for Caretakers?
It's estimated that more than half of America's foster children are on some sort of psychiatric drug. A practice one doctor calls u201cinstitutionalized child abuse.
Noam Chomsky: “Bradley Manning Should Be Regarded as a Hero”
Laura Flanders interviews Noam Chomsky about Manning, the TransPacific Partnership and the wisdom of the indigenous.
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Curse of American Nutritionism: Industry Ignores Realities of Healthful Eating
Nutritionism is keeping the American working class confused, self-hating, tranquilized and demoralized.