Environment and Health
The GOP’s Medicare Lies
In an astonishing observation, Rep. Paul Ryan recently declared: “Washington has not been honest with you.”
Dr. Toughlove
America’s Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs
Now that many Americans have stopped paying attention to Japan’s nuclear catastrophe, shocking new details about its severity are finally coming to light.
Watch Out for Those Brain Cancer Apps
While they emphasized that future research is needed to establish a more definitive connection, the researchers’ comprehensive review of relevant studies does suggest that an increased risk of glioma, a type of brain cancer, is associated with mobile phone use.
Chugging Down the Wrong Track
Most nations use health care to maximize the well being of their citizens. A few use it to maximize corporate profit. The United States is among the latter.
Fukushima, USA
Just to be sure we’re all on the same page, here are a few things we ought to acknowledge right off the bat about nuclear power.
Stand up to Big Plastic
What will our grandchildren think of the disposable plastic bag?
Entergy Goes Nuclear over Vermont’s Decision
The nuclear power boys are weaseling again, this time in Vermont.
The Abortion War Cranks Up
America recorded 1.2 million abortions in 2008. While this sounds like a lot, the availability of birth control and sex education has greatly reduced the U.S. abortion rate over the years. So has the invention of new post-sex “Plan B” drugs.
Same Old from the Nuclear Gang after Fukushima
The nuclear industry has promised the world cheap, safe, and clean energy for 60 years. As the Japanese government continues to extend its nuclear evacuation zone around the Daiichi nuclear complex in Fukushima, the pushers of nuclear power–including President Barack Obama–still demand that Congress approve ever-larger subsidies for new reactors.
