Public Health

no coal, doctors' orders!

Toward a medically defensible energy policy 0
Posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
Now that smarts

Will FDA take quotation marks off “Smart Choices” [UPDATED] 3
Posted 1 month ago Maybe trying to make Froot Loops a "Smart Choice" wasn't such a smart choice for the food industry. Looks like the FDA's about to impose labeling rules that are actually sort of smart (as opposed to "smart").
Meatheads

Big meat tries to spin new antibiotics report [UPDATED] 2
Posted 1 month ago The American Academy of Microbiologists (“the world’s oldest and largest life science organization”), just issued a major report on antibiotic resistance which, among many recommendations, calls for decreasing or eliminating the use of antibiotics in animal production.
Politics Gone Hog Wild

Boss Hog’s attempted regulatory coup in North Carolina 1
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
For the past two years, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has been crafting new rules to require water monitoring at factory hog farms, a significant source of pollution in the state. But last week, even with concerns growing over the environmental impacts of hog farms, the North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill that puts the rules process on hold until 2011 -- a display of the mighty political power Boss Hog holds in the state.
AN INCONSUPERSIZEMENT TRUTH

Globesity: How climate change and obesity draw from the same roots 7
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
You've heard all the reasons before: We drive too much. We eat too much meat and processed food. We spend too much time with plugged-in devices -- computers, TVs, air conditioners. Climate change, right? Half right. We're really talking about the the worldwide rise in obesity.
Amtrak Joe Says Don't Go

Can you catch swine flu on the subway? 3
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Vice President Joe Biden said he would tell family members to avoid planes, subways, and even cars for fear of contracting swine flu. But the official message is much less dramatic. Who's right?