Stories by Brad Jacobson
Posted on May 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Experts say acknowledging the threat would call into question the safety of dozens of identically designed nuclear power plants in the U.S.
Posted on Mar 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet
As the drumbeats for war with Iran reach bellicose heights, a new book argues that waging war is not an innate part of our nature.
Posted on Jan 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Why ask the most famous unhealthy cook in America to promote a diabetes drug before anyone knew she suffered from diabetes?
Posted on Dec 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet
FDA not only downplayed the risk of contamination, but ignored staff members who proposed higher levels of contamination protection.
Posted on Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A medical ethicist explains the dark implications of corporate medical patents and the nightmarish scenario of our medical-industrial complex.
Posted on May 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A year later there is widespread complaints of nosebleeds, GI pain, memory loss, persistent coughing, skin lesions and other serious conditions. But where's the help?
Posted on Apr 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Obama administration has these important numbers -- it's just not telling us. Here's why.
Posted on Feb 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Josh Fox talks about why the gas industry is losing control of the message and how it has underestimated the power of citizens affected by gas drilling.
Posted on Nov 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Severe headaches, nausea, respiratory problems, burning eyes and throat, earache and chest pains -- and that's just the beginning.
Posted on Oct 7, 2010, Source: Raw Story
Outside scientists, eager to perform independent evaluations of the government's findings, complain the information released contains far too many unknown variables.
Posted on Feb 6, 2010, Source: Raw Story
Gaping legal holes allow corporations to spend enormous sums on politics without leaving a paper trail.
Posted on Dec 16, 2009, Source: Raw Story
Death toll estimate exceeds the total number of Americans who died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the attacks of 9/11 combined.