Household Items May Impact Hormones

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New research from the Dr. Marianne Kraugerud of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science suggests that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), chemicals found in water resistant clothes and non-stick pans, might impact steroid hormones such as oestrogen, testosterone and cortisol, reports The Ecologist. The study conducted on sheep and cells grown in a lab echoes similar results [...]

Tobacco Companies May Have Found Advertising Loophole

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A new study published in the Tobacco Control journal suggests that the major tobacco companies are getting around the rules barring advertising to kids on television by tapping YouTube.

Though the five major cigarette makers deny it, some suggest there are videos on YouTube with product placement-style promotions of certain brands, according to The Los [...]

Weekend Link Love: Fashionistas & A Picket Line, Om vs. Xanax, Pospartum Laws, A New Biofuel Source & the Target Backlash

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A Wall Street Journal article delves into the debate surrounding New York Fashion Week and its move to Lincoln Center, where unions are fighting fashionistas. The fashion week folks want to choose workers for setup but the union for stagehands says their members usually get jobs for work on the premises. Fashion Week starts September [...]

NY Passes HIV Testing, Needle Program Amendments

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New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill (S8227/A11487) that will force doctors to offer patients ages 13 to 64 an HIV test. New York has the highest rate of AIDS in the nation, with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noting that AIDS is the third leading cause of death for [...]

DC To Have Free Clinic Day In August

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The National Association of Free Clinics announced that it will hold a giant free clinic in Washington, D.C. on August 4. The clinic, which will offer free HIV/AIDS tests, other major tests, and medical exams, such as physicals, will be available to uninsured residents in the area.
“The District of Columbia has a much higher rate [...]

Cal Poly Pomona Gets $42M For At-Risk, Foster, Military Students

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Cal Poly Pomona has received $42 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund a new endowment to improve access to educational opportunities. According to the Foundation’s President and CEO, Sterling Speirn, “Mr. Kellogg was a strong believer in higher education, and his vision of ‘investing in people’ has translated into the foundation’s fundamental belief [...]

Celebs Team Up To Fight Ovarian Cancer

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I’m not ashamed to say I love Fran Drescher and I mention her because she survived Ovarian Cancer. Various media reports say this type of cancer is increasingly common and hard to detect, and has low survival rates for the late stages. Drescher wrote a book about it because no one could diagnose her and [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

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Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration.

The duo will focus on creating [...]

EPA Fines Roundup Maker $2.5M

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that agricultural giant and the maker of Roundup, Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty for misbranding violations regarding its cotton seed products with genetically engineered pesticides. The settlement is the largest civil [...]

Medical Marijuana Employees Join Union

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Roughly 100 medical marijuana workers joined a local union in Northern California, according to a May 28, 2010, The New York Times report. The Oakland-based workers voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union, Local 5. According to the article, Oaksterdam University Founder Richard Lee said that while the medical marijuana trade school [...]

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