Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk of Women in 18 States
24 February 2005 | LiveScience.com
by Robert Roy Britt
A toxic component of rocket
fuel has been found in breast milk of women in 18 states and store-bought milk
from various locations around the country.
The chemical, perchlorate,
can impede adult metabolism and cause [...]
[ In light of all the negative attention Bill Maher has gotten from predominantly religious groups such as Concerned Women for America and the American Family Association for his remark that "religion is a neurological disorder," it's worth noting that his position -- about fundamentalist religion at least -- is closer to that of Thomas [...]
Health care tab ready to explode: Costs could be 19% of economy by 2014
24 Feb. 2005 | USA TODAY (Page 1A)
by Julie Appleby
The nation’s tab for health care — already the highest per person in the industrialized world — could hit $3.6 trillion by 2014, or nearly 19% of the entire U.S. economy, up from [...]
by Brendan Lalor
In yet another loss for human rights and peace, Bush nominated John Negroponte — his previous ambassador to the U.N. and recently to Iraq — to be the first director of national intelligence. Negroponte is a Reagan-era criminal who illegally subverted democracy in Latin America. ThereItIs.org’s previous articles on Negroponte are worth another [...]
4 Feb. 2005 | AlterNet
by Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Sometimes a number can take on great significance as a symbol. The number on a famous athlete’s uniform, or the date of an historic event. Anniversaries, the turn of a century, or fears associated with such events — remember the [...]
3 February 2005 | Los Angeles Times
On the U.N. Security Council, competing national interests and economic stakes in Iraq chilled willingness to scrutinize the program.
by Maggie Farley
UNITED NATIONS — It was the summer of 1990, and Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard had just stormed into oil-rich Kuwait. The U.N. Security Council, hoping to induce Iraq to [...]