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12/13/09
If you shop at Wal-Mart to finish up that last bit of holiday shopping this week, you may be coming home with more than a good deal--you might be exposed to contagious illnesses like colds and the flu.
12/12/09
December 11 is the anniversary of Bernie Madoff's arrest. Though Madoff's fraud was different from the willful blindness that caused so many Wall Street firms to lose their way, there's an important similarity: Market discipline was replaced by boys gone wild. Free markets assume the Economic Man:...
Sharon Meers's picture
12/10/09
So I feel today, as I do many days, that I’m doing a balancing act. I want and need to fight for what may become a major setback for women’s health and rights for my generation. I want to expand access to health care and eliminate the double standard that treats a woman differently than a man when it comes to insurance coverage. In the same moment, I also want to address what we now know harms women and men’s reproductive health: toxic chemicals.
12/09/09
With H1N1 casting a shadow on all our social interactions, food safety is particularly important this holiday season. Not only do we need to think about how long that eggnog has been sitting on the buffet table – or left on the counter in the kitchen before it was served – we also need to worry...
12/09/09
As the mother of two young boys, food safety is extremely important to me, as I know it is to all of you. I'm sorry to say though, that right now, the statistics are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year an estimated 87 million Americans are...
Kirsten Gillibrand's picture
12/09/09
Legislation that will improve the nation’s food safety is poised for a vote in the Senate, but it is up to Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) to bring it to the floor for a vote. More than three years ago, my daughter Rylee ate a spinach salad contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 . She spent one month in...
12/08/09
It's the holiday season, and no one loves the holidays like our old friends, toxins. Yes, toxins love a party, and their social calendars are full. They have plans to pop up in your meals, hide out in your gifts, even lurk in your makeup bag! And unlike some guests, toxins never show up empty-...
Claire Moshenberg's picture
12/08/09
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Women around the world speak different languages, practice different religions, and live in an endless variety of circumstances, yet motherhood is a significant unifier . It is perhaps the...
Valerie Young's picture
12/07/09
Twenty years ago, hip hop pioneers Public Enemy decried the perpetuation of decades of exploitative cinema in their now classic, Burn Hollywood Burn! Though many things have changed over the years, current events in the world of cinematic arts prove that many others remain the same. Today, Oscar...
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12/07/09
The hottest news across my Facebook and in-box this morning was the GoodGuide findings of dangerous metals and the chemical antimony in the season's most popular holiday toy, zhu zhu pets . The manufacturer is standing by their product. Stay tuned! (UPDATE: CPSC found the product is safe ). But...
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