UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:56 -0700
Study: Fish may feel pain much like humans … Re-awakened old genes help fight HIV … Study shows cooling lengthens tool's life … Genetic marker may ID head, throat cancer ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Taipei: Stopover or Chic, Urban Destination?
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:55:48 -0700
Travelers to the Far East may be inclined to regard the semi-tropical island of Taiwan as merely a place to stop and refuel en route to destinations further afield. But there is more to this island than meets the eye. Located off the Southern coast of its monolithic neighbor, China, Taiwan’s population is largely made ...]
ND Senate approves public health trust fund (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:21:00 -0700
North Dakota's Senate has narrowly approved establishing a public health trust fund in the state constitution. The idea's supporters argued the fund would be an improvement over an anti-tobacco ballot measure that voters endorsed last year.
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100 Days for Women
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:38:46 -0700
We're a little wary of jumping on the "First 100 Days in Office" media bandwagon, but here are some pieces we've found that specifically address President Obama's first 100 days in office as regards women, and issues that primarily affect women and girls. Eleanor Smeal: Obama's First 100 Days: Giant Strides for Women Cecile Richards: The Top 10 Women’s Health Achievements in Obama’s First 100 Days The First Lady's First 100 Days Of course, someone had to focus only on her clothing c
More on the popularity of toxic sludge
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:58 -0700
Interesting : Source: Mother Jones, May/June 2009 In our 1995 book Toxic Sludge Is Good for You , we examined how the Environmental Protection Agency and the sewage industry turned toxic sewage sludge into a "safe" fertilizer through PR, political bullying and weakened government regulations. Fourteen years later, Mother Jones revisits the issue , noting that "more than half the 15 trillion gallons of sewage Americans flush annually is biologically scrubbed, ‘dewatered,’ and proce
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:40 -0700
I thought of this when the whole Carrie Prejean thing went down, but did not post it. CB’s comment jogged my memory. Behold - a Bigoted Beauty Queen (let’s call then “BBQs”) from the distant past: Alternet in 2004: Remember Anita Bryant, the Miss America runner-up turned orange juice tout turned anti-gay campaigner? Though she long ago faded from public view, her legacy survives in Florida. Bryant, who condemned homosexuality as immoral and “against God’s wishes,” is best known fo
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:38:46 -0700
We're a little wary of jumping on the "First 100 Days in Office" media bandwagon, but here are some pieces we've found that specifically address President Obama's first 100 days in office as regards women, and issues that primarily affect women and girls. Eleanor Smeal: Obama's First 100 Days: Giant Strides for Women Cecile Richards: The Top 10 Women’s Health Achievements in Obama’s First 100 Days The First Lady's First 100 Days Of course, someone had to focus only on her clothing c
More on the popularity of toxic sludge
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:58 -0700
Interesting : Source: Mother Jones, May/June 2009 In our 1995 book Toxic Sludge Is Good for You , we examined how the Environmental Protection Agency and the sewage industry turned toxic sewage sludge into a "safe" fertilizer through PR, political bullying and weakened government regulations. Fourteen years later, Mother Jones revisits the issue , noting that "more than half the 15 trillion gallons of sewage Americans flush annually is biologically scrubbed, ‘dewatered,’ and proce
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:40 -0700
I thought of this when the whole Carrie Prejean thing went down, but did not post it. CB’s comment jogged my memory. Behold - a Bigoted Beauty Queen (let’s call then “BBQs”) from the distant past: Alternet in 2004: Remember Anita Bryant, the Miss America runner-up turned orange juice tout turned anti-gay campaigner? Though she long ago faded from public view, her legacy survives in Florida. Bryant, who condemned homosexuality as immoral and “against God’s wishes,” is best known fo
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