Friday, September 23, 2011
Stimulus: Obama Administration Prevented, or ended Homelessness for 1,000,000 Americans
Posted by Linda H on 2:53:00 AM
$44.4-million settlement reached in San Francisco Bay oil spill
Posted by Linda H on 2:40:00 AM
Local, state and federal officials on Monday announced a $44.4-million civil settlement with the owners and operators of a container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay after striking a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy morning fog.
The 2007 spill killed thousands of birds, damaged the bay’s herring spawn, sullied miles of coastal habitat and closed regional waters and beaches to fishing and recreation.
"This bay is the jewel of the San Francisco region and the Cosco Busan oil spill left a lasting scar across our water, natural habitats and wildlife," California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris said in a statement. "This settlement will allow all of these precious resources to be restored to their original health and beauty."
Adverse Events: Why big Pharma is scared of this startup
Posted by Linda H on 2:32:00 AM
Last week during a Republican debate, as you may have heard, Michele Bachmann claimed that the HPV vaccine Gardasil can cause mental retardation. Prozac and other antidepressants are often linked to suicide. Ambien is rumored to cause amnesia in some patients. Which of these things are true? And how could we ever really know since the list of side effects that comes with medication never gives detailed statistics?AdverseEvents, a California-based startup, is pushing the debate out into the open with a centralized database of how many side effects are happening from what drugs and what the patient outcomes are--and according to co-founder Brian Overstreet, "it scares the crap out of the pharmaceutical companies."
Apple Needs to Make it in America
