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Utah health official bans Gardasil, stirring controversy	6.12.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Citing low demand, high costs — and questioning the benefits, Utah’s Southwest Public Department of Health does not stock or recommend Gardasil, the vaccine against HPV, the cancer-causing human papilloma virus. The decision to exclude the vaccine from its public health clinics in Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Kane and Washington counties was made years ago, not by the area’s Board of Health, but by the agency’s director, physician David Blodgett. “The backlash and sentiment against it was strong eno...
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Will the UN be all talk and no action on business and human rights?	6.12.2013	Livewire - Amnesty International blogging for human rights
By Joe Westby, Corporate Campaigner This week marks the 29th anniversary of one of the world’s worst ever industrial disasters: the infamous gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India that, on the night of 2-3 December 1984, … Continue reading →
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Obama to feds: Boost renewable power 20 percent	5.12.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON—Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020.
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Steamboat Springs morning roundup for Tuesday, Dec. 3	3.12.2013	Steamboat Pilot
A snowy weather pattern is in store for Steamboat, state and county officials plan to visit a South Routt tire pile and Scholarship Day set a new record for Steamboat Ski Area.
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Telluride director takes a hard look at uranium	29.11.2013	Denver Post: Local
Telluride director takes a hard look at uranium
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Op-ed: Cannabidiol for epilepsy is unproven therapy	23.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
There are currently mixed messages about cannabidiol — Realm Oil. Is it a medication, supplement or drug? Others are also talking about medical cannabis for pain, appetite stimulation and nausea treatment. This confuses the actual discussion about cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for seizures. The current research has only identified CBD as being safe short-term but does not conclude it is effective as a treatment for epilepsy. We feel the public discussion has gotten away from the research f...
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Rio’s Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage	20.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Rio de Janeiro • Rio de Janeiro’s endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer’s dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage. In the neon green waters around the site of the future Olympic Park, the average fecal pollution rate is 78 times that of the Brazilian government’s “satisfactory” limit — and 195 times the level considered safe in the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of Rio’s sewage...
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Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs	19.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available. ProPublica analyzed the prescribing habits of 1.6 million practitioners nationwide and found that a tiny fraction of them are having an outsized impact on spending in Medicare’s massive drug program. Just 913 internists, family medicine and general practice physicians cost taxpayers an extra $300 million in 2...
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Letter: Throwaway society is killing the planet with plastic	16.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Last night I saw the Utah Recycling Alliance’s screening of the environmental documentary “Trashed,” hosted by Jeremy Irons. It’s about the devastation to life on our planet from the waste discarded by our throwaway culture. We humans are killing ourselves and all other life with our garbage, especially plastic, which is filling the ocean as it absorbs poisons and is eaten by sea life. Some distinction for our generation; some legacy for our children. Whatever convenience, there’s no excuse for ...
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Gov. Hickenlooper: Protect our kids from air pollution	16.11.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Colorado moms are looking to Gov. John Hickenlooper to show leadership and stand up for common-sense air quality rules to protect our families by minimizing oil and gas emissions.
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Spain prosecutor defends jail time for pianist	15.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Girona, Spain • A prosecutor has defended her demand for jail time for a 27-year-old concert pianist and the musician’s parents who were sued by a neighbor for allegedly causing years of noise pollution. During Friday’s summation, prosecutor Emma Ruiz said professional pianist Laia Martin should serve 16 months for noise pollution and four months for causing her neighbor “psychological harm.” Ruiz also asked that Martin be disqualified from any professional piano playing for six months and pay a...
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With gonorrhea cases up 94 percent in Utah, more screening needed	13.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Citing a 94 percent spike in gonorrhea cases, Utah public health officials are recommending that all sexually active adults, particularly those with new or multiple partners, be regularly screened for the bacterial infection. There were 633 cases of gonorrhea statewide from January through September in 2013, compared to 327 cases reported during the same period in 2012. The new cases also exceed the yearly total of 480 for 2012. Gonorrhea is the second most common sexually transmitted disease, ...
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Op-ed: Stericycle study won’t help make decision to shut it down	13.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
At the September “Erin Brockovich/Stericycle” townhall meeting, a woman told me about seven women on her street who had cancer, some of whom had already died. Young couples came up to me in tears with stories of infertility, children with leukemia, birth defects, autism and infants needing bone marrow transplants for aplastic anemia. After the spirited “Shut It Down” rally in front of the incinerator, I had the privilege of some private time with Ms. Brockovich. I recited some of those heart...
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Spanish pianist could face jail for practicing	13.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Madrid • To most people, noise pollution is a jet engine roaring over their head. For one Spanish woman, it was a neighbor playing the piano more softly than a spoken conversation. The woman has taken her neighbors in the apartment below — a 27-year-old pianist and her parents — to court. Now prosecutors want to send all three to jail for over seven years on charges of psychological damage and noise pollution. In a country known for its exuberant noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows. Neighbor...
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The secret, dirty cost of Obama's green power push	12.11.2013	azcentral.com \| business
CORYDON, Iowa -- The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the cemetery that disappeared like an apparition into a cornfield.
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The secret, dirty cost of Obama's green power push	12.11.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
CORYDON, Iowa—The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil.
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Revamped Utah air quality index debuts this winter	4.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune has reformatted its daily wintertime air-quality graphic to more closely align it with the Utah Division of Air Quality’s overhauled system. Gone is the simple three-color semaphore; a more complicated system will convey a two-pronged message with more information and nuance. The graphic pairs the quality of the air over Salt Lake and Davis counties against the level of action state regulators want residents to take to prevent air pollution from reaching unhealthy levels. ...
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Letter: Air pollution already bad; drive less, please	2.11.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Its only autumn and yet our air already looks like we’re well on our way to inversion season. I know there are many other sources of pollution in the valley but I’d like to encourage everyone to try to reduce their car emissions as we approach the winter months. Ride your bike to work or take the bus or TRAX if you live too far away. If UTA’s service is poor in your area, as it inevitably tends to be, try to find neighbors to carpool with. When possible, try to combine trips when you’re out r...
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Rabid kitten found in El Paso County, first since 1966	26.10.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
El Paso County Public Health officials confirmed a 3-week-old kitten found in Fountain tested positive for rabies on Thursday.
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Major pension funds ask for climate change study	25.10.2013	azcentral.com \| business
PITTSBURGH -- Some of the largest pension funds in the U.S. and the world are worried that major fossil fuel companies may not be as profitable in the future because of efforts to limit climate change, and they want details on how the firms will manage a long-term shift to cleaner energy sources. In a statement released Thursday, leaders of 70 funds said they're asking 45 of the world's top oil, gas, coal and electric power companies to do detailed assessments of how efforts to control climate change could impact their businesses.
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