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Finding Justice for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange

On 10th August 1961 an event began that was to last for ten-years, and would leave a tragedy that has yet to find an end. Fifty years on, the Vietnamese people and their many friends around the world will be commemorating this special anniversary.

(SAIGON) - Let’s recall and reflect on what happened on that day of 10th August 1961, and the consequences, so horrific, it is difficult to grasp, to understand. It raises in the minds of many the questions: WHY?

And what can be done to overcome the criminal legacy of Agent Orange?

U.S. Senate: Unusual Coalition of Interest Groups Combine to End Ethanol Subsidies

The subsidy repeal is opposed by corn growers and ethanol producers, pitting alternative energy interests and environmental policy groups against each other.

(BERKELEY, Calif. MapLight) - On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, the Senate is expected to vote on an amendment introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, which subsidizes the production of ethanol.

On March 9, 2011, a coalition of organizations representing issues traditionally at odds with one another drafted a letter voicing their support for ending ethanol subsidies.

Thirty Years of AIDS in America HIV/AIDS is a Family Issue

Care for yourself and your family in honor of National HIV Testing Day, June 27

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - HIV/AIDS is not solely an individual concern. It is a family issue that we can’t afford to ignore. It affects not only the person living with the virus, but the entire family and, ultimately, our entire community.

Double Trouble for Sea Turtles

Signs point to shrimp fishing as a likely cause for the spike in deaths -- perhaps combined with the lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Last year's devastating Deepwater Horizon disaster was a serious blow for sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. But the catastrophe for the sea turtles hasn’t ended yet.

Already this year, more than 340 dead sea turtles have washed ashore on the Gulf Coast -- more than three times the annual average -- and the death toll is likely to be much higher.

E.coli and Radiation - Surprise! Surprise!

Irradiation of food would consolidate control of food by the corporations and would be the end of fresh and organic and local food.

(LONDON) - That European e.coli may have been genetically engineered. But there is no question it is doing what serves the interests of industrial agriculture and the food industry.

It has created a rationale ("whether real or promulgated") government officials to come forward on behalf of corporate interests with a "solution" that fresh food be irradiated.

Gabrielle Giffords: Optimal Rehab Leads to Optimal Brain Recovery

Janet M. Cromer is a psychotherapist/healthcare writer.

(CLEARWATER, Florida) - While Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords engages in intensive rehabilitation following the gunshot wound that left her with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), her husband, Mark Kelly, has trained for two high-stakes missions.

Kelly succeeded brilliantly at the first-commanding the space shuttle Endeavor’s mission to the International Flight Station, then safely home.

New Film on Dr. Burzynski Cancer Treatment Free This Weekend Online

New film about cancer treatment could be the most important thing you ever watch.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If there is one piece of information that I would like to be able to get in front of all Americans in one fell swoop, it is the story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and his non-toxic, cancer treatment program.

This weekend the new film will be available to watch for free for a limited time.

Outlining a Public Safety Strategy for National Chemical Exposure Danger

Broad-Based “National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures” Outlines 48 Recommendations.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Even though Americans are exposed every day to potentially harmful chemicals, the U.S. government currently does not have in place a comprehensive system to protect the public in such situations.

Reactor Reax: Weekly Roundup of Nuclear Stories

Catch the latest media reports from around the world about nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - What is the world to do with an ever accumulating supply of spent, dirty radioactive waste?

Advancement of Science

I've tried to entice scientists to consider this magnetic field concept for thirty years before these magnetic field currents were even measured...

(SAN DIEGO) - In a March 9, 2006 NASA report, Dr. Carolyn Porco said: “We haven’t found water, per se.

We’ve almost reluctantly been driven to this conclusion because any other possibility just doesn’t make as much sense as a geyser.”