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Diagnosis For America by Jonathan Tasini, | October 25, 2005
The Delphi bankruptcy and GM deal are symptoms of a national malaise that only universal health care can cure. read more »The EC Plan B? by Laura Donnelly, OurFuture.org | October 17, 2005
With the FDA's decision on whether to make emergency contraception (EC) available over the counter now stalled indefinitely, women's health organizations that were lobbying for Plan B came up against an infuriating roadblock. Then, last week, a GAO draft report concluded what they'd already suspected: The decisi read more »No In-Vitro. This Is Indiana! by Laura Donnelly, OurFuture.org | October 6, 2005
Talk about turning back the clock for women. A new bill proposed by Indiana state senator Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, would ban single women from assisted reproductive procedures. That's right. read more »The Poor's PR Problem by Laura Donnelly, OurFuture.org | September 8, 2005
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the relief effort, much business has been pushed aside or delayed—the estate tax vote and John Roberts' confirmation hearings come immediately to mind. read more »America's Health Crisis by Robert Reich, | April 18, 2005
If what's good for GM is good for America, then America needs a single-payer health care plan. read more »
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont over GMO Labelling, alternet.org | April 15, 2012
After reading Richard Eskow's article about Goldman Sachs getting a 'pat on the wrist' after committing offences that in the past could have shut them down I couldn't help but draw a link with this article about the influence Monsanto wields over the law more »
Report: Worldwide Opposition to Monsanto Growing, commondreams.org | April 5, 2012
(photo: Alexis Baden-Mayer / Millions Against Monsanto)La Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth International, and Combat Monsanto, the groups who issued more »New Study Finds Skyrocketing Increase in Autism, commondreams.org | March 30, 2012
A just released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that children diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) had a skyrocketing increase of 78% compared to results from a decade ago. more »The GM Debate The US Is Not Having, publicserviceeurope.com | November 13, 2011
The submission by successive US administrations and congress to the GM Lobby, illustrated by silence and suppression of arguments against GM proliferation, is gradually being mirrored in Europe. There is life in the old democracy dog yet, but for how much longer? The EU Commission is trying to dispense with the rule of law. Something the US administration did years ago. more »
Transgenic Cotton Harbours Hidden Dangers, ipsnews.net | October 24, 2011
A disturbing report from Mexico about the out of control spread of Geneticaly Modified species into the food chain. There will be no chances left soon to take a hold of this brewing biological disaster. more »
Health Care: Another One Bites The Dust, Huffington Post | October 15, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president's signature health overhaul law – a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency. more »Monsanto Herbicide: Why Is Damning Evidence ignored, alternet.org | May 14, 2011
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents, globalresearch.ca | April 18, 2011
At last a challenge to the Monsanto madness, its been a long time coming.....
“A new invention to poison people … is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817
more »Argentina's Roundup Human Tragedy, i-sis.org.uk | February 5, 2011
According to the US EPA, Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup is “relatively low in toxicity, and without carcinogenic or teratogenic effects.”.
In Argentina science has proven this wrong, and a tragedy has occurred. This is especially important because of the USDA's approval of GM Roundup Ready (RR) Alfalfa for unregulated introduction to the US food chain. more »
TARP expected to cost U.S. only $25 billion, CBO says, The Washington Post | November 30, 2010
The Troubled Assets Relief Program, which was widely reviled as a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street titans, is now expected to cost the federal government a mere $25 billion - the equivalent of less than six months of emergency jobless benefits. more »
