health
Salt, health, and socialism
November 3, 2010An Australian research team found that when the state imposes mandatory limits to the amount of salt private industry adds to processed foods, people are healthier.
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Alarming U. S. public health statistics raise big questions
November 2, 2010In 1960 combined male and female life expectancy in the U.S. ranked fifth in the world, in 2000 it had fallen to 24th place, and 10 years later, in 2010, to 49th.
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EPA targets dioxin, GOP targets EPA
November 2, 2010The Obama administration is proposing tougher standards for highly toxic dioxin, and, naturally, industry groups and Republicans are objecting.
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Ariz. tea party candidate: No government regulation of salmonella
October 26, 2010In Arizona, Republican candidate Jesse Kelley, for the U.S. House in the 8th District, has come out strongly in favor of salmonella outbreaks. He, like many Republicans denying the obvious need for better enforcement of health...
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Dangerous cholera outbreak in Haiti
October 25, 2010More than 200 people have died in Haiti so far as the result of a cholera outbreak, and at least 1,500 to 2,000 have become ill. Haitian and international health and aid authorities are scrambling to...
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