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Sri Lanka Bans Monsanto Herbicide Citing Potential Link to Deadly Kidney Disease
Sri Lanka this week ordered a ban on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's top-selling herbicide Roundup.
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Medicare for All
With government already providing health care for a third of the population, why not make it Medicare for all? This should be a battle cry for progressives, says sociologist …
Reporting on a World of Environmental Catastrophes – All in Just One Month
Record-setting droughts and ferocious storms; the poisoning of our food, air and water; the dying off of species; the unearthing and spread of superbugs and diseases; ever-growing piles of …
Vermont Bus Drivers Strike Over Dangerous Conditions
Municipal bus drivers in northern Vermont are striking today against unsafe conditions, surveillance and discipline, and part-time status, in a show of union solidarity that could prove a powerful …
Truthout Interviews Featuring Candice Bernd on Aging Nuclear Power Plants
Truthout reporter Candice Bernd describes the highly suggestive results of a study of strontium-90 in baby teeth from the central coast region of California near the Diablo Canyon Power …
United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are “Not Beneficial”
Drug decriminalization rapidly emerging as consensus goal of drug policy, public safety and health stakeholders.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Three Years Later: Who Is Responsible?
Nuclear power engineer Arnie Gunderson and journalist Chiho Kaneko discuss a lawsuit to hold General Electric and other reactor manufacturing companies responsible and the Japanese public's attitude toward nuclear …
Study: Nuclear Reactors Are Toxic to Surrounding Areas, Especially With Age
Health in the communities surrounding the Diablo Canyon power plant declined dramatically after the plant was built.
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Polio Continues To Be a Major Threat for Millions of Children
This month the WHO and UNICEF will give polio vaccinations to 10 million children across the Middle East.
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Welcome to Daylight Saving Time, a.k.a. Nighttime Stealing Time
The first Monday of DST has been scientifically proven to be the most dangerous day of the entire year.