Health

Transforming the Global Health Agenda

Over the past 30 years, public funding for global health has dried up. Private companies have stepped into the breach, with troubling results.

Sonia ShahForeign AffairsNovember 9, 2011

InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics

Milked

The United States has finally joined a global consensus about the health benefits of breast milk. So why does a federal agency with huge sway over infant nutrition still pay for most of the infant formula sold in the nation?

Molly M. GintyWomensEnewsNovember 7, 2011

NewsEnvironment, Health

EPA program on children’s toxic exposure “flawed”

According to a scathing new critique by the EPA’s inspector general, efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect children’s health have been fatally blocked by American industry’s refusal to submit information on their commercial use of chemicals.

Sheila KaplanJuly 23, 2011

NewsHealth

Are Foster Kids Overmedicated? Tonight on PBS

Antipsychotics are the top-selling class of drugs in the United States, with sales of $14.6 billion in 2009 alone. Their use in children and adolescents in the United States is increasingly prevalent — and children in foster care are among the most likely to be medicated…

Mar CabraJanuary 7, 2011

NewsEnvironment, Health

Lifesaving Drugs a Menace for Health Workers

Pacific Northwest-based investigative unit Investigate West just released a report on the dangers of chemotherapy drugs for American health-care workers.

George WarnerJuly 13, 2010

AnalysisEnvironment, Health

Cracks Appear in Texas’ RadWaste Program

Thanks to outspoken Texas politicians like Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Joe Barton — who preach that regulation and oversight kills jobs — the state has garnered a reputation for being hostile toward health concerns, environmental controls and federal intervention.

Laray PolkJuly 7, 2010

InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics

How Does Your Water Glow?

A politically connected waste management company operates a radioactive waste dump in Texas that sits atop one of North America’s largest aquifers — a recipe for environmental disaster.

Laray PolkIn These TimesJuly 1, 2010

NewsEnvironment, Health

Frisco on the Verge of Signing Law to Post Cell Phone Radiation

San Francisco will be the first city in the nation to pass a law requiring that retailers post the “specific absorption rate” or SAR of each cell phone they are selling, the LA Times…

Jayati VoraJune 18, 2010

InvestigationBusiness, Health

The Poison Crib

New evidence has emerged that using chemical flame retardants, especially in baby products which are in little danger of catching fire, can do more harm than good.

Sheila KaplanSalon.comJune 14, 2010

InvestigationEnvironment, Health, World

Sweet and Lowdown

Would you like some deforestation with your organic sugar? Federal organic standards have no problem with that.

Heather RogersMother JonesJune 10, 2010

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Transforming the Global Health Agenda

Milked

EPA program on children’s toxic exposure “flawed”

Are Foster Kids Overmedicated? Tonight on PBS

Lifesaving Drugs a Menace for Health Workers

Cracks Appear in Texas’ RadWaste Program

How Does Your Water Glow?

Frisco on the Verge of Signing Law to Post Cell Phone Radiation

The Poison Crib

Sweet and Lowdown

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