Category: Articles
Paging Dr. Frist!
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
Oh, Dr. Frist! You are wanted on the phone. Another emergency has arisen… The facts and figures show an economy all askew as the fastest growing industry in America is the one guaranteed to be a drain on the GNP rather than a boost. Over 14% of our economy is now reported to belong to [...]
Homeland Security Act
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
[Also submitted as an OP-ED Piece] To the Editor, The Homeland Security Act’s provision protecting the manufacturers of a wide array of vaccines, not just those implicated in biological warfare. Any threat to industry must automatically be assumed a threat to national security in these times. The implications raised by Susan Warner’s article printed on [...]
Hello, I am an acceptable risk.
August 6th, 2003, No Comments
When meeting new people, it is customary to shake hands, reveal one’s name and what one “does” for a living. As I am not currently employable due to health conditions, this presents a dilemma in correct manners. Fortunately, I rarely meet new people who are not part of the medical profession so this dilemma does [...]
The Plague We Cannot Escape/Environmental Word Games
March 15th, 2003, No Comments
To the Editor, Your editorial section (3/15/03) is replete with tales of unconcern for AIDS patients in the third world and environmental principles. I am afraid that it is time to stop looking at the abuse of our ailing citizens and our environment as neglectful. It is time to call it what it is…a policy. [...]
The Manipulation of Memory for Fun and Profit
November 16th, 2002, No Comments
[OpEd submission to the Washington Post:] In her OP-Ed column of 11/16/02, [Ellen] Goodman raises an extraordinarily crucial point when she asked, “Isn’t human suffering more than a matter of chemistry?” The answer is very complex and intimately tied to the concept of a mind-body division which is financially beneficial to the status quo in [...]
World Trade Center Still a Threat to Area Health
October 8th, 2001, No Comments
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release A coalition of people from around the country called 911 ASH (Air Safety Hazards), concerned about toxins released by the World Trade Center fires and collapses, urges rescue workers and residents in New York City to take appropriate measures to protect themselves. Their website is at http://www.immuneweb.org/911 (New York, NY, [...]
An Introduction to Chemical Sensitivity
June 3rd, 2001, 1 Comment
by Barbara Rubin The human body is miraculous in its diversity and complexity. However, today?s technology creates many products for our daily use from materials which are not compatible with our biochemistry (e.g. petrochemicals in plastics or fuels; pesticides). Our bodies have a natural capacity for removing poisons from our systems since we normally create [...]
