United States: AT&T Just Got Hit with a $100 Million Fine After Slowing Down...
AT&T just got hit with a $100 million fine after slowing down its ‘unlimited’ databy Brian Fung, The Washington Post, 17 June 2015The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100...
View ArticleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Asbestos Guidelines Pose Serious...
The EPA inspector general says that current methods ofpreventing asbestos release during demolition are inadequate. Photo credit: ShutterstockEPA’s Asbestos Guidelines Pose Serious Threat to Public...
View ArticleCase Sheds Light on Murky World of Asbestos Litigation
Companies have set aside more than $30 billion for victims of mesothelioma, a form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure, since 1980.iStockphotoCase Sheds Light on Murky World of Asbestos Litigationby...
View ArticleOne Nation, Under Sedation: Medicare Paid for Nearly 40 Million Tranquilizer...
(David Sleight/ ProPublica)This article is part of an ongoing investigation by ProPublica: The Prescribers. Medicare’s failure to monitor what doctors are prescribing has wasted billions of taxpayer...
View ArticleSwitzerland: Geneva: Wi-Fi and Disability Insurance
Wi-Fi and Disability Insurance (AI)by Meris Michaels, Readers' Mail, Tribune de Genève, 20 juin 2015Persons suffering from fibromyalgia or a whip-lash injury may more easily have access to disability...
View ArticleEarth 'Entering New Extinction Phase'
Pollination by bees could disappear within three generations,the report warns.Earth 'entering new extinction phase' - US studyBBC News, 20 June 2015The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, a...
View ArticleWest Virginia: Green Bank: The Town that Banned Wi-Fi
Listen up: the giant Robert C Byrd telescope looms over a woodenbarn in Green Bank. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/ EPA/ Corbis"Charlie Meckna moved to Green Bank last July, after years trying to work...
View ArticleMy Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological Condition
My Smartphone Gave Me a Painful Neurological Conditionby Adam Clark Estes, gizmodo.com, 18 June 2015A few months ago I started getting headaches, and they were weird. If a bad hangover headache feels...
View ArticleBilderberg 2015: TTIP and a Travesty of Transparency
Pierre Maudet, Geneva State Councillor in charge ofSecurity, was one of the three Swiss present at theBilderberg summit this year.This year, the three Swiss present at the Bilderberg summit were:...
View ArticleUnited States: Doctors, Nurses, Others Charged in $712 Million Medicare Fraud...
"This action represents the largest criminal health-care fraud takedown in the history of the Department of Justice," said Attorney General Loretta Lynch.Doctors, nurses, others charged in $712M...
View ArticleThe Drug Linked to the Charleston Shooting Suspect
"Please do whatever you can to help troubled children without drugs. Sadly, doctors have lost their way in a world where it is easier to whip out the prescription pad than address fundamental causes of...
View ArticleCanada: Parliamentary Report Warns Cellphones, Wi-Fi a Serious Health Issue
Cellphones and Wi-Fi could be causing cancer, infertilityand learning disabilities, but there is not enough evidenceto suggest lowering levels, according to a new Parliamentaryreport. Photo by:...
View Article100,000 German Beekeepers Call for GMO Cultivation Ban
100,000 German beekeepers call for GMO cultivation bangmwatch.org, 18 June 2015German beekeepers have called for a nationwide ban on cultivating GM plants, reports the German NGO keine-gentechnik.de....
View ArticleChina’s Qihoo 360 Launches Wi-Fi Router to ‘Protect’ Pregnant Women from...
The typical level of radiation sent out by a Wi-Fi router isjust 3-4% of what is considered hazardous by experts.Photo: SCMP Pictures"China has the highest number of home Wi-fi networks in the world,...
View ArticleEven Low Doses of Radiation Increase Risk of Dying from Leukaemia in Nuclear...
Even low doses of radiation increase risk of dying from leukaemia in nuclear workers, says IARCPRESS RELEASE N° 235 22 June 2015 Lyon, France, 22 June 2015 - A study coordinated by the International...
View ArticleNew York: Aging Nuclear Power Plant at Indian Point Must Close Before It...
Aging Nuclear Power Plant Must Close Before It Closes Usby Paul Gallay, EcoWatch, 22 June 2015We must face facts regarding the Indian Point nuclear plant. It’s infrastructure is aging, its safety is...
View ArticleAccess to Electricity Is Linked to Reduced Sleep
In this image, a Toba/Qom child sleeps.Credit: U of WashingtonAccess to electricity is linked to reduced sleepSource: University of Washington / sciencedaily.com, 19 June 2015Summary: New research...
View ArticleCytogenic Damages Induced by Chronic Exposure to Microwave Non-Ionizing...
"We recommend that the mobile phone should be kept as far as possible from the body during conversations and also during usual daily activities to reduce the absorption of radiation by cells."...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons Why Cell Phones And Cancer Could Be Connected
Top 10 Reasons Why Cell Phones And Cancer Could Be Connectedby Subrata Chakravarty,hope4cancer.com, 1st June 2015What has it got in it’s nasty little pocketses?” asks Gollum, as he furiously tries to...
View ArticleCancerous Cell Phones: Where You Put Your Phone Matters
NEVER keep a cell phone tucked in your bra. It could lead tobreast cancer."INCREASED RISK IN CHILDREN: Teenagers who use cell phones heavily are 4-5 times more likely to develop brain cancer later in...
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