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Take Action/Video:Surviving the First Day STATE OF THE WORLD'S MOTHERS
Health & Wellness  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, children, world, society, middle-east, freedoms, death, HumanRights, women, society, safety, child, culture, family, ethics, babies, health, healthcare, prevention, nutrition, protection, warning, safety, risks, humans )

JL
- 8 days ago - savethechildren.org
In honor of Mother's Day, Save the Children presents our 14th annual State of the World's Mothers report.
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ACTION NEEDED Protect Our Nation's Horses and Keep the Food Supply Safe
Health & Wellness  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, wildlife, nature, destruction, endangered, environment, safety, sadness, world, violence, death, disease, food, prevention, research, safety, treatment, warning, illness, government, healthcare, health, diet, family, nutrition, p )

Kelly
- 13 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
Crucial new legislation, titled the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (H.R. 1094/S. 541), was recently introduced in Congress that will protect consumers from toxic horsemeat and end the cruel slaughter of America's horses as well as their export
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Denied a Liver Transplant for Using Medical Marijuana, and Dying for It!
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, AlternativeMed, cancer, death, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, food, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, study, treatment )

Kit
- 24 days ago - alternet.org
The Heartlessness of Prohibition The tragic fate of Norman B. Smith is all you need to know about to see how senseless it is to make consumption of marijuana a crime.
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World Malaria Day April 25, 2013 - Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, death, disease, environment, health, illness, malaria, nets, prevention, protection, society )

Rosemary
- 24 days ago - worldmalariaday.org
On April 25, people across the globe will take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day 2013. These activities will no doubt look back at the remarkable progress that the global development community has made combatting malaria
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Texas Refinery Explosion Draws Attention to Limited OSHA Resources as Factor Preceding Tragedy
Health & Wellness  (tags: business, consumers, corporate, labor, law, money, politics, society, usa, safety, risks, protection, warning, prevention, humans, health, children, death, ethics, government )

JL
- 29 days ago - citizenvox.org
In the past five years, only two Texas facilities in the same classification - that produce fertilizer using ammonia - have been inspected by OSHA, records show. The agency, with a budget of roughly $568 million, lacks the resources to regularly inspect
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GMO Wheat Molecules May "Silence" Hundreds of Human Genes
Health & Wellness  (tags: safety, risks, warning, study, science, nutrition, humans, healthcare, children, diet, food, illness, family, babies, disease, death, society, news, protection, prevention )

Evelyn
- 33 days ago - davidicke.com
You must lisent to this....for you, your children,your family and your love ones..and the world..
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Sign ALDF's Petition to Protect Your Food! Stop Ag-GAG!!
Health & Wellness  (tags: Ag-Gag, Beyond just animals, protection, healthcare, humans, death, disease, abuse, interesting, children, diet, environment, ethics, research, risks, safety, medicine, food, government, investigation, news, drugs, family, health, nutrition, prevention, wom )

Roxie
- 34 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Ag gag laws undercut the ability of police and prosecutors to do their jobs--and prevent consumers from seeing the abuse of animals, contamination of crops, illegal working conditions, and risky food safety practices that are common practice behind the
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Monsanto Company: Tell The Truth About Pesticide-Resistant "Superworms"!
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, cancer, death, diet, children, ethics, food, family, health, government, investigation, nutrition, prevention, protection, science, society, warning, Monsanto, law, politics, gov )

Bettina
- 38 days ago - act.watchdog.net
An agricultural giant called the Monsanto Company has risen to the top of the corporate food chains thanks to their genetically modified corn and soybean sees, seeds bred to withstand and even produce their own herbicides and pesticides.
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How Food Companies Exploit Americans With Ingredients Banned in Other Countries
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, cancer, children, diet, disease, drugs, death, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, government, healthcare, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, study, warning )

Kit
- 42 days ago - foodbabe.com
Thoughts of outrage, unfairness, disbelief, and ultimately grief consumed me while I was doing this investigation. A list of ingredients that are banned across the globe but still allowed for use here in the American food supply recently made news
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Study: Disease Spreading Due to Eurozone Crisis
Health & Wellness  (tags: death, ethics, europe, government, news, world, disease, healthcare, health, protection, prevention, risks, safety, society, study, treatment, warning, research, illness )

JL
- 47 days ago - dw.de
Malaria, dengue fever and tuberculosis are diseases long thought eradicated from Europe. But a study by British health experts claims that since the beginning of the financial crisis, these and other illnesses are re-emerging due to dwindling healthcare
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Beware of Hunters in Wisconsin!
Health & Wellness  (tags: Parks, Lifestyle, Governor Walker, GOP!, humans, Animals, safety, Traps, children, warning, risks, safety, babies, society, prevention, study, protection, environment, abuse, death )

Roxie
- 55 days ago - suntimes.com
Many Illinoisans enjoy heading up north to "the Dairy State" for hiking, biking and kayaking in Wisconsin's state parks and forests. However, some ugly legislative changes have taken place: Hunting and trapping are now allowed in Wisconsin state parks
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Protecting Infants From Whooping Cough
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, death, disease, drugs, health, healthcare, humans, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, risks, safety, study, treatment, warning, society, research )

JL
- 55 days ago - americares.org
Tdap vaccinations help more than 200,000 people in U.S.
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Video: World Water Day Marked With 'Toilet Campaign'
Health & Wellness  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, children, conflict, ethics, freedoms, HumanRights, society, UnitedNations, unitednations, middle-east, world, children, death, environment, illness, health, protection, risks, safety, science, society, warning, prevention )

JL
- 58 days ago - aljazeera.com
United Nations launches campaign to lift deadly taboo on talking about toilets and "open defecation" in poor nations.
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NCDs: A 47 Trillion Dollar Problem We Cant Ignore
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, culture, ethics, disease, death, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, risks, society, warning )

JL
- 61 days ago - indiaspora.org
NCDs Matter to all Indian Americans In India, the country of our origin, 20% of the population has at least 1 chronic disease, and 10% suffer from 2 or more. Some 60 million Indians live with diabetes and 1 million die from it each year.
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Petition to Increase Awareness and Availability of Umbilical Cord Donation
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, children, disease, babies, death, family, health, illness, medicine, prevention, research, treatment, women, humans )

Amanda
- 64 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For every pregnant woman to be informed of their choice to donate their umbilical cord to help save the lives of many against diseases such as lukemia. In memory of Charlie Harris-Beard: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/Cords4Life?fre f=ts
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