Clinton Backs Monsanto’s Case That to Be Anti Monsanto Is to Be Pro Global-Warming
“There is no comparison between the actual scientific consensus that global warming is real and man-made, and the phony ‘scientific’ ‘consensus’ that GMOs are safe.”
One nation, in sickness and in health
Time and again, "repeal and replace" has proven to be a farce. Let's focus on the hard work of true reform and get health care for all.
The epidemic of e-cigarettes: Judge rules FDA must implements regulations, sides with public health...
“The FDA oversight over the sales and marketing of these harmful products has languished for too long."
Are federal guidelines for prescribing opioids hurting patients with chronic pain?
This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning patients have been harmed by a lack of clarity in guidelines for prescribing opioids.
US sits out as world leaders pledge $8 billion to find a COVID-19 vaccine
The various leaders on the call pledged as much as they could and took a few moments to boast of their efforts to stop the pandemic.
Tom Price intervened on rule that would hurt drug profits, the same day he...
While in Congress, HHS Secretary Tom Price acted to help kill a rule that would hurt drug company profits shortly after his broker bought him up to $90,000 worth of pharmaceutical stock.
Plastic industry braces for ‘astronomical’ PFAS lawsuits
As the dangers of PFAS become more widely known, plastic manufacturers face a surge in lawsuits that could rival the asbestos litigation of the past.
More than half a million people exposed to flaring, increased health risks, says UCLA...
Roughly 530,000 people live within three miles of an oil and gas flare.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
Microplastics contaminate popular seafood, study shows
1,806 anthropogenic particles were found in 180 of 182 individuals with fibers being most abundant, followed by films and fragments.