Tag: Health
The Morality of Legislation – Dear Senator Lautenberg
December 9th, 2010, No Comments
Dear Senator Lautenberg, As the most recent legislator to introduce a bill on “Toxics”, I have sent your office copies of the following correspondence because you and your colleagues in Washington need to know that we, the people, are unable to safe-guard our own health from one of the most common hazards around today—modern pesticides. [...]
WHEN IS ENOUGH ACTUALLY ENOUGH? ASBESTOS IN AMERICA
August 31st, 2010, No Comments
The Times-Dispatch in Virginia published an article by Jim Morris, an excellent journalist on environmental issues. It is terrifyingly titled, “US Asbestos Toll May Reach A Half Million Deaths”. Most of you likely think this substance has been banned by now. Many of us recall the scandal of so many military personnel exposed to it [...]
Alzheimer’s: Disease or Distraction?
July 14th, 2010, No Comments
An article appearing in today’s NY Times by Gina Kolata (“Rules Seek to Expand Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s“) was naturally disturbing to me. This article didn’t read, “Rules Seek Earlier Detection of Central Nervous System Damage” but named a particular form of pre-senile dementia and, of course, only one way to combat the inevitable decline – [...]
A ‘Public Option’ Means Independent Scrutiny of Medical Research
July 6th, 2010, No Comments
A recent editorial in the New York Times tallied up statistics from more than 225,000 elderly diabetics taking Avandia or anther drug called Actos. These statistics were available to the public, courtesy of Medicare insurance being available to these patients. It appears to confirm the findings of another study that Avandia patients have a significantly [...]
The Free Market Economy Requires Freedom of Information
July 2nd, 2010, 2 Comments
or Must We File A FOIA Request to Go Shopping? This post began with an ad for perfume. For infants. The fragrance industry has been under scrutiny by various consumer watch-dog groups given the fact that they are not subject to FDA regulatory oversight for product safety. Nonetheless, some fragrance chemicals have been identified as [...]
A Nation of Patients
March 8th, 2010, 2 Comments
I’m convinced that failure to legislate access to health care for all Americans is a means of giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Where’s the Patriot Act when you really need it? Between 1956 and 1998, the conflict in Southeast Asia (Vietnam War for my fellow oldsters) caused the deaths of approximately 58,193 military personnel. [...]
Dear N.Y. Times, I have this pain…
March 7th, 2009, No Comments
Physicians who practice virtual colonoscopy ought to know their procedure has been called ‘unproven’ in a NY Times editorial. Funny, I’ve been reading about it for years now in major medical journals touting reliable results. But, if the NY Times wants to offer me medical advice or decide whether a procedure is worthy of insurance [...]
Fragranced Products: Truly a Surprise Package
July 6th, 2008, 1 Comment
This article was published in the trade journal, ‘Indoor Environment Connections:’ Fragranced Products: Truly a Surprise Package By Barbara Rubin Public concern continues as more unwelcome ingredients, such as asbestos and lead in children‘s toys, are discovered in a variety of imported products. A longer-running dispute continues domestically between consumers and vendors of many products [...]
The Human Genome was Not Designed with PCBs in Mind
March 14th, 2008, 4 Comments
Re; Kansas City Star article, “Independence District Flees ‘Sick Building…‘ by Mike Sherry (3/14/08) This article announces how a school was relocated so its building could be tested for an explanation of employee illnesses. Has anyone looked at student attendance records? I was poisoned in a school but have no notion of what, if any, [...]
Ignorance is Profitable – as long as the “mark” doesn’t see ya coming…
December 28th, 2007, No Comments
Update on labeling for milk in Pennsylvania: The Inquirer informed me they were interested in printing my letter to them on this subject but, lo and behold, today we see this breaking news. It appears that there was sufficient outcry to delay the ban on truth in labeling for milk derived from cows treated with synthetic [...]
