Jag Davies, AlterNet. November 4, 2009. The federal govt. is still blocking the process that would allow the marijuana plant to be brought to market as a prescription medicine.
Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. October 17, 2009. Thousands are dying every year from food-borne illness and we have a confusing morass of regulations and agencies charged with enforcing them. How to sort out the mess?
Tony Newman, AlterNet. September 25, 2009. We should celebrate our success curbing cigarette smoking but let's not get carried away and think that criminalizing smoking is the answer.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 10, 2009. The food industry has changed American eating habits and helped create the country's No. 1 public-health issue.
Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. July 25, 2009. Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2009. A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.
Agence France PresseMay 13, 2009. FDA to General Mills: "We have determined that [Cheerios cereal] is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug."
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 20, 2009. How does Big Pharma keep getting dangerous drugs approved? Through the best articles and spokesmen money can buy.
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check. March 24, 2009. The Court ruled that the FDA must make Plan B available without prescription to women aged 17 and older.
Amy Goodman, Truthdig. February 25, 2009. U.S. consumers are exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals and additives in toys, cosmetics, plastic water bottles and countless other products.
Stacy Malkan, AlterNet. February 14, 2009. More than a year after health groups reported that top-selling lipsticks contain lead, the FDA is just sitting on the results of the research.
Amelia, The Frisky AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. February 6, 2009. Thank heavens there are rogue doctors out there who will take an FDA-approved product and inject it somewhere that's not approved.
Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 16, 2009. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the shocking extent of how corrupt drug companies are.
Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. December 16, 2008. The new female condom reduces the risk of sexually transmitted infection by 97 percent and is safe for people who have allergies to latex.
Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. October 30, 2008. Should patients have the right to sue drug companies for personal injuries from FDA-approved prescription drugs?
Ashley Shelby, AlterNet. September 19, 2008. More than 100 government and university studies have found the chemical Bisphenol-A to be harmful even at low levels.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 18, 2008. Smoking is an addiction, not a choice. The public has long known this. Finally, Congress is catching on.
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. June 13, 2008. Lab animals fed irradiated food have developed illnesses from cancer to immune system failure. So why is the government pushing the same food on you?
