Media Coverage
Media Coverage
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| Aug 5, 2008 |
''And now, a fee to pay your bill'' "As companies strive to keep listed prices low and earnings high, fees have become a quick and handy back-end way to raise revenue." Source: MSN Money |
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| Aug 5, 2008 |
''Toxic Plastic Toys Could Go the Way of the Dinosaurs'' "Children's advocates say they hope a sweeping consumer protection law passed by Congress last week will begin a broad national effort to shield youngsters from dangerous chemicals." Source: USA Today |
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| Aug 4, 2008 |
''Will bacteria develop resistance?'' Could the use of nanosilver products create another problem for medicine -- strains of bacteria that are resistant to silver? Although silver is not used to treat disease, it is used in hospital settings to speed wound-healing, prevent eye infections in newborns and as a coating for catheters, where it can cut infection rates. Source: Los Angeles Times |
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| Aug 1, 2008 |
''Not Toying Around: Congress OKs Bill to Ban Chemicals in Some Products'' "Congress has passed sweeping legislation to improve the safety of toys and other consumer products." Source: USA Today |
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| Aug 1, 2008 |
''Congress Takes on Chemicals'' Congress is venturing into new regulatory territory with a recent ban on several varieties of the plasticizing chemicals known as pthalates. Usually government agencies regulate products on the market, but environmental health advocates say this latest ban shows Congress is picking up the slack on chemical regulation. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Andy Igrejas of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Environmental Health Campaign. Source: living on earth |
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| Jul 18, 2008 |
''States Battle Mortgage Foreclosure Threat'' "Frustrated by the slow pace of federal relief, states around the country are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own programs to stem the rising tide of home foreclosures." Source: USA Today |
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| Jul 11, 2008 |
''Foreclosure-Related Filings Up in Nassau, Suffolk'' Foreclosure-related filings for June jumped 72 percent in Suffolk and 2 percent in Nassau from the previous month, according to RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure marketplace. Source: Newsday |
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| May 21, 2008 |
''In Study, Researchers Find Nanotubes May Pose Health Risks Similar to Asbestos'' Nanotubes, one of the wonder materials of the new age of nanotechnology, may carry a health risk similar to that of asbestos, a wonder material of an earlier age that turned into a scourge after decades of use when its fibers were found to cause lung disease, researchers said Tuesday. Source: The New York Times |
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| May 7, 2008 |
''Pew to Promote Fair Bank Account Standards for 'Underserved''' "The Pew Charitable Trusts have announced a new project aimed at 'helping America's workers underserved by mainstream financial institutions secure access to safe, affordable, fair, and empowering bank accounts." Source: Payments News |
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| Apr 29, 2008 |
''S.C. Slow to Help in Home Crunch'' State lawmakers are pushing a measure that would protect future homebuyers from risky and high-cost mortgages. But their proposal doesn't address the thousands of South Carolina homeowners who are struggling to make monthly payments right now. Source: The Post and Courier |
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| Mar 16, 2008 |
''Use of Foster Care Down Across State'' "When doctors found fractures in 23-day-old Giosyra Prendes' legs and ribs and evidence of shaken-baby syndrome, Lehigh County child welfare authorities placed her in foster care..." Source: The Morning Call |
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| Feb 11, 2008 |
Nanotechnology's Future Depends On Who The Public Trusts'' When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nanotechnology, a key study has found. Source: Science Daily |
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| Feb 4, 2008 |
''Why Voters Play Follow-the-Leader'' As millions of Americans gather to vote for presidential candidates in tomorrow's Democratic and Republican primaries, what they are really being asked to do is make a number of policy choices.
Source: Washington Post |
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| Jan 30, 2008 |
''Studies: 'Money Better Spent Helping Family Than on Foster Care'' Shifting more money to help families -- whose children otherwise would be taken away by social agencies -- would help save on the billions of dollars child abuse costs the country each year, a study released Tuesday shows Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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| Nov 1, 2006 |
A flu pandemic will affect all sectors of society. Will they be ready to deal with it? The Pandemic Preparedness Initiative helps them plan. It saves time and resources—and quite possibly its work will save lives. Source: Trust Magazine |
