Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
Plastics Problem: how bad is it? Very. Steps to take, beyond low-hanging fruit, without despairing.
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FDA Failed to Police Opioids Makers, Thus Fueling Opioids Crisis
Johns Hopkins researchers document failure of FDA opioids regulation; maybe more effective regulation could have averted the opioids crisis.
Read more...Nebraska Farmers Lead on Right to Repair
Nebraska farmers are promoting a right to repair for farm equipment; if negotiations for an agreement founder, state legislation is likely.
Read more...London Tops Global Study for World’s Worst Microplastics Pollution
London tops four cities examined for microplastics pollution; still early days for assessing this pollution’s impact on human health.
Read more...Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar
Another KHN scoop on how the FDA has been hiding reports of bad outcomes with medical devices, in this case, ones for heart disease.
Read more...How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial food
How the successful marketing of Cricso led Americans to accept all sorts of mystery branded foods.
Read more...Muilenburg Forced Out of Boeing, But 737 Max No Closer to Flying. What Happens If It Stays Grounded?
Why the 737 Max mess is no closer to resolution
Read more...Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion Of Obamacare
An appeals court nixed the Obamacare individual mandate and put the rest of the law in play. What might happen next?
Read more...A National Disgrace’: Trump Proposes Social Security Change That Could End Disability Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands
While you were distracted by impeachment theatrics, Trump creates more obstacles to keeping Social Security disability benefits
Read more...What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?
The ACA is back in play.
Read more...Boeing Halts 737 Max Production to Reduce Cash Burn; Suppliers Hit; Measurable Ding to GDP Expected
Boeing takes a 737 Max self-preservation measure, to the detriment of suppliers and even the overall US economy.
Read more...Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?
In her new book, Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar explores how companies like Google and their tech brethren stampede over all of us.
Read more...As NLRB Delivers ‘Victory’ to McDonald’s, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant’s Dirty Anti-Union Tactics
McDonald’s does not play nice.
Read more...The “Fixing Capitalism” Headfake
Why most plans to create a kinder, gentler capitalism fall way short.
Read more...Payday Lenders Offering Installment Loans to Evade Regulations – But They May Be Even Worse
When is a payday loan still pretty much a payday loan? When it’s an installment loan with annual interest rates over 100%.
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