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Environment & Health

Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-Giants’ National Control

From Californiau2019s Proposition 37 initiative to New York Cityu2019s soda ban, journalist and best-selling author Michael Pollan argues that local efforts hold the key to challenging the agricultural…
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
May 7, 2013
Truthout
News

The Experiment Is on Us: Science of Animal Testing Thrown Into Doubt

New scientific research has cast grave doubt on the safety testing of hundreds of thousands of consumer products, food additives and industrial chemicals.
by
Pat Dutt &
Jonathan Latham,
Independent Science News
May 6, 2013
Truthout
Environment & Health

Why Are People With Health Insurance Going Bankrupt?

Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese: Obama care will not put an end to medical bankruptcies – 80 percent of people going bankrupt due to healthcare costs had…
by
Paul Jay,
The Real News Network
May 6, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Political Roots of American Obesity

Doctor of Oriental medicine E. Douglas Kihn argues that the squeezing of the American worker, starting under the Reagan Administration, has created a worried, hurried population succumbing to
by
E. Douglas Kihn,
Truthout
May 4, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites

On Earth Day, a new alternative government, the Green Shadow Cabinet, was announced. Its over 80 members are leaders in their fields, from medicine to art to activism,…
by
Margaret Flowers &
Kevin Zeese,
Truthout
May 1, 2013
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News
Environment & Health

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Pushes for Unnecessary Tanks Despite Sequester Cuts, and More

In today’s On the News segment: The wealth gap has become increasingly racialized, and more.
by
Thom Hartmann,
The Thom Hartmann Program
April 29, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans

While drug companies have been largely able to get away with robbing Americans left and right for the past several decades, more and more people are speaking up…
by
The Daily Take Team,
The Thom Hartmann Program
April 29, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

How Americans Became Exposed to Biohazards in the Greatest Uncontrolled Experiment Ever Launched

How industrial toxins entered the American home.
by
David Rosner &
Gerald Markowitz,
TomDispatch
April 29, 2013
Truthout
News

Disability Advocates, Nursing Home Industry Battle for Health Care Dollars for Aging, Disabled

Most elderly and disabled people prefer home- or community-based care. It’s also cheaper, but state and federal policy often favors the assisted-living industry. Now, activists are speaking up.
by
Toshio Meronek,
Truthout
April 28, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

Plan B Ruling: Fox and Family Research Council Seize Opportunity to Spread Misinformation

Deconstructing Fox News’ and the Family Research Council’s misinformation campaign in response to the recent Plan B court ruling allowing girls to obtain the morning after pill without…
by
Valerie Tarico,
Truthout
April 21, 2013
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