On AlterNet: public health
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "public health"
Makani Themba-Nixon, AlterNet. April 30, 2009.
Bad policies and practices have meant bad health for millions.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 11, 2009.
The FDA has quietly revoked a ban on the routine dosing of farm animals with antibiotics.
Anne Landman, PR Watch. January 15, 2009.
Researchers are still uncovering the shocking lengths to which the industry has gone to protect itself from smoking bans.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 25, 2008.
It's hard to believe that as recently as 2000, people could smoke on planes.
Kate Bourne, RH Reality Check. July 23, 2008.
What circumcision will and will not offer a man and his partner or partners.
Joshua Frank, AlterNet. May 12, 2008.
The U.S. has a grossly corrupted health protection system.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 23, 2008.
It's scary to have to pay the piper.
Susan Blumenthal, Yi-An Ko, Stephanie Safdi, Beth Hoffman, Julie Chen, Huffington Post. April 7, 2008.
The health of our planet and its people are inextricably entwined.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.
It's time to stop treating obesity as the problem of a lazy individual.
IraqSloggerAugust 15, 2007.
According to doctors, dozens of women in Iraq each day face delivery difficulties caused by violence and the curfew that is preventing access to health care during the night.
Rick Perlstein, TomPaine.com. April 20, 2007.
Conservative principle has turned into conservative and free market mania, crippling the FDA's ability to prevent health disasters like the contaminated pet food scandal.
Thair Shaikh, The Independent. April 7, 2007.
Air pollution in major cities is potentially more damaging to health than being exposed to the radioactive fallout of an atomic bomb, according to a new scientific report.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. January 2, 2007.
Evidence is piling up that emissions from the production of synthetic compounds in non-stick cookware, cleaning products, and a host of other common products may cause cancer and other health problems.
