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ASPARTAME: POISON IN DISGUISE. Ban Artificial Sweeteners From Children's Food Products. SIGN NOW!
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, lies, science, safety, risks, food, medicine, drinks, research, protection, prevention, interesting, health, healthcare, humans, illness, investigation, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, children, study, warning, nutrition, society, government, FDA )

Jim
- 26 days ago - forcechange.com
One would think that artificial sweeteners were originally developed as healthy alternatives to sugar. This is not true at all. Each artificial sweetener that is now on the market(saccharine, aspartame, cyclamate, acesulfame, and sucralose) was discovered
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Perry Rides to 'Rescue' After GOP Axes Women's Health Program
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, republicans, propaganda, politics, lies, healthcare, healthcare, government, dishonesty, ethics, cover-up, americans, abuse, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, society, treatment )

Robert
- 72 days ago - chron.com
Last spring, I watched with dismay as the Texas House, led by Republican lawmakers, slashed - from $111 million to only $38 million - the only other program providing contraception for poor Texas women
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Don't Let Bayer Avoid Responsibility for Injuries to Women VERY IMPORTANT ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: Yaz, Bayer, litigation, dishonesty, corruption, lies, health, women )

Nancy
- 167 days ago - signon.org
So what is the response of Bayer, the manufacturer of Yaz? They are trying to prevent women from being able to sue for damages by changing the rules by which plaintiffs can pool their efforts to sue when there is a large number of claims of damages agai
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Some Arsenic With That Supermarket Chicken?
Health & Wellness  (tags: lies, usa, environment, pollution, food, food chain, the food chain, government, investigation, news, humans, health, protection, diet, nutrition, drugs, illness, healthcare )

Cal
- 348 days ago - motherjones.com
Earlier this week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced it would "voluntarily" stop selling a widely used arsenic-laced poultry feed additive, after FDA tests found traces of the poison in chicken meat.
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Workers at Nuke Plant Complain About Handling of Radiation Data
Health & Wellness  (tags: Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, radiation, emergency workers, desperate efforts, data, permissive level, lax, uncertain, vague, exposure, danger, subcontractors, lies, dishonesty, government, safety, risks, health )

Naoko
- 400 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Emergency workers, engaged in desperate efforts to contain the crippled nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan, are lashing out at the government and contractors for their inconsistent handling of data on their exposure to radiation.
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Wendell Potter: Public Option Essential, Baucus Plan An "Absolute Gift" To Health Insurance Industry (VIDEO)
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, medicine, illness, disease, treatment, safety, protection, prevention, insurance, government, corruption, dishonesty, congress, abuse, americans, republicans, democrats, lies, cover-up, society, culture, rights, freedoms, politics )

Tom
- 983 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Whistleblower Wendell Potter warned that if Congress "fails to create a public insurance option to compete with private insurers, the bill it sends to the president might as well be called the Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act."
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Obama Gives Powerful Drug Lobby a Seat at Healthcare Table
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug, lobby, republican, Billy, Tauzin, medicare, healthcare, health, disease, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, risks, treatment, obama, government, politics, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, americans, abuse, lies )

Tom
- 1025 days ago - google.com
Barack Obama once lambasted drug companies and the influence they wield in Washington. The drug industry's chief lobbyist is former Republican Louisiana Congressman Billy Tauzin, who fought to prevent Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices.
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Uninsured Face Stiff Penalty in Senate Health Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, ripoff, health, insurance, fine, penalty, greed, government, corruption, lies, americans, abuse, democrats, economy, business, money, politics, society, consumers, rights, illness, disease )

Tom
- 1058 days ago - google.com
Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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Sign Petition: Protect Our Children - Every One Deserves Healthcare
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, americans, universal, single, payer, insurance, illness, disease, treatment, safety, prevention, protection, medicine, government, obama, congress, democrats, republicans, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, lies, politics )

Tom
- 1083 days ago - change.org
It would cost each American less than 15 cents a day to provide nine million uninsured children with vision, dental and mental health coverage. Lack of proper healthcare is a serious problem, but if we put our minds to it, there are solutions within reach
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Sign Petition: Fair Consideration for Single Payer Health Care
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, americans, universal, single, payer, insurance, illness, disease, treatment, safety, prevention, protection, medicine, government, obama, congress, democrats, republicans, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, lies, politics )

Tom
- 1083 days ago - change.org
Tell Senator Max Baucus that while we appreciate a private meeting for single payer, that is not good enough. Single payer needs to be on the table, because with fair consideration single payer will be the health care plan adopted by the nation.
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Free, Quality Healthcare for ALL: Build the Movement for Single Payer!
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, universal, single, payer, insurance, medicare, americans, illness, disease, prevention, protection, medicine, treatment, safety, government, lies, dishonesty, corruption, baucus, obama, democrats, republicans, society, culture, rights )

Tom
- 1087 days ago - socialistalternative.org
Each year, 20,000 Americans die from lack of access to healthcare. Almost 50 million people in this country have no insurance. With unemployment skyrocketing and costs continuing to spiral upwards, things will only get worse for us. This is unacceptable.
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Phthalates Found in Urine of Infants After They Were Powdered or Lotioned
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, healthcare, lies, media, news, politics, terrorism, business, consumers, corporate, economy, humans, marketing, money, society, technology, world, children )

Kathleen
- 1170 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked with possible reproductive problems.....
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Research Group Finds Toxic Chemicals in Baby Products
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, economy, ethics, healthcare, lies, media, news, children, culture, death, environment, family, humans, interesting, law, philanthropy, rights, sadness, safety, society, wor )

Kathleen
- 1170 days ago - babyproducts.about.com
a study that found toxic chemicals in many baby products, including toys, sleep products and teethers. "The Right Start: The Need to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals from Baby Products" says that the group tested sleep products for flame retardants called PBDEs
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Support the Health Care Measures in President Obama's Economic Recovery Package!
Health & Wellness  (tags: congress, u.s., healthcare, lies, dishonesty, investigation, disease, prevention, risks, safety )

Suzybell
- 1199 days ago - tools.advomatic.com
Tell your Members of Congress to support health care measures in the economic recovery package.Congress will vote on the final economic recovery package this week. Members of Congress are getting lies from Rush Limbaugh, drug industry lobbyists, and othe
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DEA Continues Pot Raids Obama Opposes
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, bush, bushadministration, congress, constitution, corruption, economy, ethics, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, lies, media, news, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, usa, activists, culture, education, family, freedoms, humans )

Kathleen
- 1204 days ago - mpp.org
OUR LETTERS WORKED: "The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and.....
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