Yes, they should…

October 15, 2007 in ALS, Boston Globe, Epidemiology, Media, Public Health

Coverage by the Boston Globe of an ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) cluster in Southeastern MA. Not regular news coverage, but this is an OP-Ed, about Public Health (!):
Disease cluster mystery
October 14, 2007
FOR MORE than 20 years, health officials have known about a puzzling concentration of the neurodegenerative illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease [...]

Let’s feed it to our children, after all it only killed our cat

May 12, 2007 in Boston Globe, Future, Globalization, Media Environment, Public Health

With, as a special bonus, a pop quiz to test the e_f reader…
Since they passed their pet food test with flying colors, it seems the USDA is considering allowing China to import chickens, for human consumption. Nothing, apparently, can stop the relentless wave of globalized ‘free trade’ certainly not something so stupid [...]