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  • Dick Meister , Coffins and Cocoons

    Amid all the well-deserved concern over the deadly effects of tobacco on smokers, we've largely overlooked  tobacco's other major victims – the workers who harvest the damn stuff for the great profit of  tobacco companies, often because they have virtually no other way to make a living. There are nearly 100,000... » read this article
  • Lisa Garber , Natural Society

    Does marijuana cause cancer? The censorship-happy government’s war on marijuana may be sorely misplaced, especially when considering all the other issues in need of focus. Dr. Sean McAllister of the Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has spent years researching cannabidiol, a cannabinoid found in cannabis, the plant that flowers... » read this article
  • Steven Mackintosh, Narrator. Dan Child, Producer & Director , BBC Horizon

    We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs - closer than with any other animal on the planet. But what makes the bond between us so special? Research into dogs is gaining momentum, and scientists are investigating them like never before. From the latest fossil evidence, to the sequencing of the... » read this article
  • John Spritzler, Sc.D., New Democracy World , New Democracy World

    I just returned from the International AIDS meeting in Washington D.C., where 26,000 people from all over the world convened to discuss the science of HIV and social/political issues relating to ending the HIV epidemic. The meeting was one of the most bizarre meetings I have ever attended. Here's why.... » read this article
  • Kate Randall, WSWS , World Socialist Web Site

    In a 5-4 US Supreme Court decision released on Thursday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined with the nominally liberal wing of the high court to uphold key provisions of the Obama administration-backed health care legislation. The decision maintains the pro-corporate provisions of the bill, including the “individual mandate”... » read this article
  • Anne Fausto-Sterling. New Democracy World. , New Democracy World

    Editor's Note: Our friend from way back, Dave Stratman, founding editor of New Democracy World, sent this article to us. Dave has a long history of defending the rights of minorities going back to the days of integrating children and families of racial minorities into the privileged white schools during... » read this article
  • Susanne Posel , Occupy Corporatism

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has drafted a recommendation that ALL Baby Boomers (people born between 1945 and 1965) be tested for the hepatitis C virus and subsequently vaccinated. The CDC estimates 800,000 people are infected and being vaccinated could save 120,000 lives. The Baby Boomers are... » read this article
  • Soren Seelow. Le Monde.
    Translated for Axis of Logic by Siv O'Neall
    , Le Monde (French). Axis of Logic (English Translation)

    This translation of 'Monsanto, un demi-siècle de scandales sanitaires' has received the full authorization to be published on anglophone sites by Le Monde and the author, Soren Seelow. The giant U.S. agribusiness Monsanto was found guilty on Monday Feb. 13, after being sued by a small farmer from Charente who... » read this article
  • SPIEGEL Staff , Der Spiegel

    Antibiotics were once the wonder drug. Now, however, an increasing number of highly resistant -- and deadly -- bacteria are spreading around the world. The killer bugs often originate in factory farms, where animals are treated whether they are sick or not. The pathogens thrive in warm, moist environments. They feel... » read this article
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