http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Environmental-Health_Independent/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for topic Environmental Health-Independent Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:18:31 GMT Environmental Health-Independent Environmental Health-Independent 2010-03-16T13:18:31Z http://www.truthout.org/eugene-robinson-katrina%E2%80%99s-toxic-legacy-lives57712 <p class="rteleft">Washington - The Obama administration is making a big health care mistake. I'm not talking about the final push for comprehensive reform legislation, which is righteous and necessary. I mean the sale of more than 100,000 contaminated trailers and mobile homes -- a move that could make people sick.</p><p><a href="http://www.truthout.org/eugene-robinson-katrina%E2%80%99s-toxic-legacy-lives57712">read more</a></p> Toxics Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.truthout.org/eugene-robinson-katrina%E2%80%99s-toxic-legacy-lives57712 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/ocean-iron-fertilzation-could-poison-marine-life.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 Ocean Iron Fertilization May Bring The Birds to Reality, Poison Marine Life Toxics Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/ocean-iron-fertilzation-could-poison-marine-life.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-e-carroll/yes-the-bill-is-imperfect_b_500216.html Pass the bill. There - I said it. Before you start screaming at me from the Left, take a deep breath. My bonafides on robust... Health System Policy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-e-carroll/yes-the-bill-is-imperfect_b_500216.html Aaron E. Carroll 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-nelson/is-senator-graham-looking_b_500470.html Kate Sheppard asks if the passage of health care legislation will hurt or hinder progress on climate legislation. But the underlying question is whether or... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-nelson/is-senator-graham-looking_b_500470.html Josh Nelson 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/self-executing-rule-could_n_500396.html After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/self-executing-rule-could_n_500396.html Adam J. Rose 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.alternet.org/environment/145997/our_obsession_with_stuff_is_trashing_the_planet,_our_communities_and_our_health A new book questioning our consumerism says we spend more on shoes and jewelry than higher education; more on ocean cruises than providing drinking water for all. Environmental Health Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.alternet.org/environment/145997/our_obsession_with_stuff_is_trashing_the_planet,_our_communities_and_our_health Annie Leonard, Free Press, Simon &amp; Schuster 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.alternet.org/drugs/146046/why_thousands_are_turning_to_a_psychedelic_plant_from_africa_for_release_from_severe_addictions A psychedelic plant from Africa has sparked an underground revolution in medicine. Drugs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.alternet.org/drugs/146046/why_thousands_are_turning_to_a_psychedelic_plant_from_africa_for_release_from_severe_addictions Charles Shaw, AlterNet 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/why-62-million-bleeding-h_b_500275.html A flood of national surveys show that Americans are divided about health care reform. Why? Moving beyond vague, binary polling questions ("for or against reform"),... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/why-62-million-bleeding-h_b_500275.html Ari Melber 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/health-reform-typo-became_n_500164.html As the battle for health care reform enters the endgame, abortion foes in and out of Congress are trying mightily to block the bill. And... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/health-reform-typo-became_n_500164.html Jeff Muskus 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/last-health-care-reform-ad_n_500179.html Two pro-health care reform groups are launching a "closing argument" television ad campaign in which private insurers are portrayed as private jet-riding profit-seekers who are... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/last-health-care-reform-ad_n_500179.html Sam Stein 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/the-pledge-im-making_b_499983.html I fought for a public option, but I will proudly vote to save lives rather than kill this legislation because it lacks a single provision. The only pledge I'm making is to protect and insure as many Americans as possible. Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/the-pledge-im-making_b_499983.html Rep. Earl Blumenauer 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/15/shocking-new-report-u-s-maternal-health-is-in-crisis/ This post was originally published on Daily Kos. Those brave members of Congress who believe the biggest problems in health care are government-funded abortions, death panels, and lawsuits might want to take a look at this problem: The report, titled &amp;#8220;Deadly Delivery,&amp;#8221; notes that the likelihood of a woman&amp;#8217;s dying in childbirth in the U.S. is five [...] ... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/15/shocking-new-report-u-s-maternal-health-is-in-crisis/ 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.truthout.org/push-public-option57701?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TRUTHOUT+%28t+r+u+t+h+o+u+t+%7C+News+Politics%29 <p class="rteleft"> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists that the public option is dead, but progressive organizations are mounting an aggressive campaign to resurrect it as Democratic lawmakers gear up to pass a final health care bill this week via a budgetary process known as reconciliation.</p> <p class="rteleft">Democracy for America, Credo Action, and the Progressive Campaign Change Committee (PCCC) raised $75,000 for a 60-second spot that will air on MSNBC, CNN and a local station in Pelosi's home district of San Francisco.</p> <p><a href="http://www.truthout.org/push-public-option57701">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TRUTHOUT/~4/EEF0sbTzatg" height="1" width="1"/> Health System Policy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.truthout.org/push-public-option57701?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TRUTHOUT+%28t+r+u+t+h+o+u+t+%7C+News+Politics%29 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-r-shaffer/thank-you-dennis-kucinich_b_499846.html Dennis Kucinich is taking a drubbing for doing what more progressives should be doing: standing up for a public option as part of the health reform bill, and demanding an ERISA amendment. Policy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-r-shaffer/thank-you-dennis-kucinich_b_499846.html Ellen R. Shaffer 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reshma-saujani/on-womens-rights-democrat_b_499923.html It's hard to imagine what America would be like today without Democrats who, over the years, refused to surrender their core principles. In times of... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reshma-saujani/on-womens-rights-democrat_b_499923.html Reshma Saujani 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/lindsey-graham-pelosi-has_n_499964.html Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took the anti-health care reform rhetoric to another level Monday, comparing the Democrats' final attempts at legislative success to a World... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/lindsey-graham-pelosi-has_n_499964.html Nick Wing 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/15/republican-ag-trying-to-kill-health-reform-at-state-level-is-a-birther/ This post was originally published on Think Progress. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R-VA) has positioned himself as the leader of a state-based movement on the right to invalidate key progressive reforms. Announcing a lawsuit to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate carbon emissions, Cuccinelli recently filed a petition claiming that global warming [...] ... Policy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/15/republican-ag-trying-to-kill-health-reform-at-state-level-is-a-birther/ 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.truthout.org/health-care-2010-and-1994-and-political-lessons-history57706?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TRUTHOUT+%28t+r+u+t+h+o+u+t+%7C+News+Politics%29 <p class="rteleft">Health care reform is necessary, and House Democrats should vote for it because it's best for the nation.</p><p><a href="http://www.truthout.org/health-care-2010-and-1994-and-political-lessons-history57706">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TRUTHOUT/~4/jYyNcaHxcfE" height="1" width="1"/> Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.truthout.org/health-care-2010-and-1994-and-political-lessons-history57706?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TRUTHOUT+%28t+r+u+t+h+o+u+t+%7C+News+Politics%29 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bradford-kane/americans-want-health-sec_b_499692.html Reform at any time in the future will be far more extreme and painful, and much less likely to resolve deficiencies and put our nation's health spending on a sustainable track. It must be now. Health System Policy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bradford-kane/americans-want-health-sec_b_499692.html Bradford Kane 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pearl-korn/health-reform-needs-to-en_b_499695.html Fee-for-service has reduced doctors to assembly line workers, paid according to the office visit and procedure rather than effectiveness of treatment. Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pearl-korn/health-reform-needs-to-en_b_499695.html Pearl Korn 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/fixing-the-health-care-me_b_499728.html Many armchair pundits have taken whacks at the President and his communications team for having "lost control of the message behind his drive for health... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/fixing-the-health-care-me_b_499728.html Bill Scher 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/moveon-pressures-undecide_n_499680.html MoveOn.org launched a new pro-health care reform television spot on Monday encouraging voters to call their representatives and ask them "which side of history will... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/moveon-pressures-undecide_n_499680.html Nick Wing 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/why-all-house-democrats-m_b_499753.html From the start, Republicans have remembered the lesson of 1994. Now, as they prepare to vote, House Democrats should remember the lesson as well so as not to repeat that failure again. Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/why-all-house-democrats-m_b_499753.html Robert Reich 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/ryan-grim-discusses-obama_b_499756.html Ryan Grimm appeared on MSNBC today to talk about Obama's final push for health care reform. "Democrats are ready to move," Ryan says, citing Nancy... Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/ryan-grim-discusses-obama_b_499756.html Huff TV 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/87687997.html Depending on where you live, you might be seeing TV commercials every few hours warning about the dangers of health care reform. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions to stop this legislation. Most people live in districts where the members have already decided. If they’re Republicans, their vote is an automatic “no.” And, most Democrats are solid on the “aye” side, so the debate boils down to a few dozen Democrats who could vote either way. Health System Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/87687997.html 2010-03-15T18:30:00Z