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2011/01/252011/01/25

Public Health Advocates Pressure on EPA Flouride Reduction

EPA to Bar Fluoride-Based Pesticide Decision aims to protect children’s health CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, 202-667-6982 leeann@ewg.org; Beyond Pesticides: Jay Feldman, 202-543-5450; Fluoride Action Network: Ellen Connett, 315-379-9200 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2011 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to grant three environmental groups’ petition to end …

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2011/01/13

Dollars for Docs database of drug-company spending on doctors and other health professionals

Dollars for Docs Payments Approach $300 Million by Charles Ornstein , Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen ProPublica, Dec. 22, 2010, 1:36 p.m. Today we’ve added another $13 million in payments to our Dollars for Docs database of drug-company spending on doctors and other health professionals. That brings the total to nearly $295 million. ProPublica launched …

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2011/01/072011/01/07

Reference: Pay for Healthy Food or Pay for Unhealthy Medicine

INGREDIENTS.m4v QUOTE: No country in the world pays less for food and more for medicine than the USA. Phi Beta Iota: Phenomenal. Trailer for a larger “must see” movie. A potential salvation for America built around agriculture, family, food, health, and water.

2010/12/242010/12/24

Journal: US Public Health InfoTech NOT….

Public Health Information Technology: Additional Strategic Planning Needed to Guide HHS’s Efforts to Establish Electronic Situational Awareness Capabilities GAO-11-99 December 17, 2010 A catastrophic public health event could threaten our national security and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. Recognizing the need for efficient sharing of real-time information to help prevent devastating consequences of public …

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2010/12/17

New ABC News Weekly Show Related to the Design Revolution & Global Health

Be the Change: Save a Life ABC News kicks off year-long global health care series Friday, Dec. 17 at 10pm eastern/9pm central. “20/20 ABC starts a weekly show about the Design Revolution.” Tonight: Stanford’s Extreme Affordability Program showcased: http://abcn.ws/f16Dq9 Thanks to those posting to the Out of Poverty Twitter feed Also see: + How the …

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2010/12/13

Health: Fish Watch (US) & the Bluefin Tuna Black Market Global Investigation (Global)

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/ “..providing the most accurate and up-to-date information on seafood available in the U.S. FishWatch is brought to you by NOAA Fisheries Service, the U.S. authority on marine fisheries science, conservation, and management.” ; ; ; ; ; Looting the Seas: How Overfishing, Fraud, and Negligence Plundered the Majestic Bluefin Tuna ; : : : …

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2010/11/112010/11/11

Event: 30 Nov Irish Inn Glenn Echo Open Space Lunch on Health Policy, Health Planning, Health Programming, Health Budget, Health Waste, and Health Enforcement

Harrison Owen and Jim Turner will be hosting a co-convener’s exploratory lunch from 1155 to 1400 on Tuesday 30 November 2010 The Irish Inn at Glenn Echo, Maryland. Anyone who cares about any aspect of health planning, health programming, health budget, health policy, health waste, or health enforcement, is welcome BUT advance registration is required. …

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