This week host Stephen M. Kohn will discuss the major lawsuit filed by six whistleblowers against the FDA for its illegal surveillance program. Kohn is the lead attorney for the scientists and doctors involved in the suit, and he will explain how the monitoring program violated the employees’ First Amendment …
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Guest: Thomas Frank Thomas Frank is an award winning historian, author, and columnist for Harper’s Magazine who is considered the great chronicler of American paradox. He is the founder of the journal The Baffler and is well known for his analysis and insights into America’s cultural wars, electoral politics and …
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The pomp and the platitudes. The champagne and the canapés. In the tony ski resort of Davos, Switzerland, the gemütlich gathering of global leaders for the World Economic Forum seemed like business as usual…five days of hobnobbing and male-dominated, Euro-centric jaw-flapping on the economic state of the planet. A rich and rewarding …
So far, 2012 is bringing bad news for people who don’t want “free antibiotics” in their food. Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to make them gain weight with less feed and keep them from getting sick in confinement conditions. But the daily dosing, at the same …
Most people probably think that scientists working on embryonic stem-cell research are committed to finding new treatments to help fellow human beings suffering from Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, paraplegia and other terrible ailments – but not former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. To the Republican presidential hopeful, these researchers are engaged in what …
A new study published in Naturwissenschaften – The Science of Nature by a leading bee expert provides damning evidence that a widely used pesticide, even at low levels, is responsible for the recent catastrophic decline in honey bees. Dr. Jeff Pettis of the USDA’s Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD led the study. Colony …
Wess Stafford is president and CEO of Compassion International, the world’s largest Christian child development organization working in 26 of the poorest countries and author of of a new book Just a Minute . Dr. Stafford has helped to lift over a million children out of poverty. ” A life …
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EXTRACT: 6. Adverse environmental effects of glyphosate 6.1 Glyphosate and Fusarium species Sanogo and co-workers (2000) observed that crop loss in soy due to infestation by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines increased after glyphosate applications. Kremer and co-workers (2005) described a stimulating effect of the root exsudate of GR soy …
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Mitchell will be interviewing former CEO of Aveda, VP of Nike and Founder and Executive Director of Us Foundation, Marilyn Tam, Ph.D.,an organization, dedicated “to raise the awareness of and to promote and create action to support the highest common good, and the interconnectedness of all.” Marilyn is a speaker, author, consultant, …
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Guest: Robert Foltz What’s it like for you as a teenager confined to a residential treatment center? What have you been through? What do you feel about your family? Your therapist? The drugs you are forced to take? My guest, Robert Foltz PsyD from Chicago, really cares about what these …
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Guest: Charlene Spretnak Charlene Spretnak is an internationally recognized author and was among the first wave of originators of what is now called “eco-feminism”. Her writings have focused on such diverse, but interrelated topics, as social justice, ecological philosophy and Green politics, feminism and spirituality and religion. The British government’s …
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Is having a dog better than an antidepressant? Omega 3′s, like fish oil, can prevent and protect against nerve damage and have many other benefits. US epidemic of mental illness. Can the contrast medium used in cardiac catheterizations and CT scans be harmful to our health? Exciting news about …
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How to Switch on your Longevity and Weight Loss Genes – Naturally Thanks to the pioneering work of professors Leonard P. Guarente (of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and David A. Sinclair (of Harvard University), research has revealed that certain longevity genes are activated during caloric restriction. Moreover, …
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Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter Good trick! ———————————————————– —————– Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Ya think? ———————————————————– —————– Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Now that’s taking things a bit far! _____________________________ Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over What a guy! ———————————————————– —- …