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Corporate Campaigns Manufacture Scientific Doubt By David Michaels / Science NewsIn Doubt Is Their Product, published in April, epidemiologist David Michaels describes the growing corporate practice of “manufacturing” scientific uncertainty to thwart regulation of products that appear to pose risks. Michaels encountered the practice firsthand with beryllium, a metal used at ...
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Buddhist monk returns to life after four years in retreat -Times OnlineThere are things you expect a Buddhist monk to say when he emerges, blinking, after four years of selfimposed retreat from the world. And there are things you don’t. “It was a bit like Big Brother without the cameras,” said Gelong Thubten. “What did I miss? I missed my Mum and ice cream.” ...
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$2.5 billion spent, no alternative cures found - Health care- msnbc.comTen years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the disappointing answer seems to be that almost none of them do. Echinacea for colds. Ginkgo biloba for memory. Glucosamine and chondroitin for ...
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NYT: How the U.S. surplus became a deficit - The New York Times- msnbc.comThere are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years. The first is that President Obama’s agenda, ambitious as it may be, is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits, despite what many of his Republican critics are saying. The ...
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Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?Companies that join with social causes to sell products not only enhance their image but also improve their bottom line, say University of Michigan researchers. "Cause marketing, in which firms donate part of the proceeds from sales of certain products to a specified cause, is now a strategy ...
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3Corporate Campaigns Manufacture Scientific Doubt By David Michaels / Science NewsAnd judges accept this claptrap!? Disgusting.JDP added 3 days ago
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3NYT: How the U.S. surplus became a deficit - The New York Times- msnbc.comSO, AT LEAST 70% of the current "budget mess" Republican's like to bemoan (and blame Democrats for) can be laid squarely at the feet of a Republican controlled Congress and administration. The first 37% reflect spending more on "safety net" programs due to the 2001 recession. If they were ...JDP added 3 weeks ago
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3Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?Moral - don't buy to give, just give directly.JDP added 4 weeks ago
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3HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rules: May 29, 2009Greed is a recurring theme of human existence, brought to us cyclically by various agents (ourselves, governments, religions, the rich and powerful, etc.). Its latest massive outbreak (as it could never have been said to have "gone away") can be laid largely at the feet of certain political ...JDP added 4 weeks ago
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3TV Causes Learning Lag in Infants - Yahoo! NewsEvidence continues to mount that all sorts of media exposure (pornography, violence, etc.) CAN have negative effects. This has often been a conservative verses libertarian issue (though some considered as "lefties" have also been on the conservative side as well!). Will we have a "government ...JDP added 4 weeks ago
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