According to research conducted by Joan F. Epstein and Joseph C. Gfroerer on heroin abuse in the United States, "numerous reports have suggested a rise in heroin use in recent years, which has been attributed to young people who are smoking or sniffing rather than injecting. The purity of heroin has increased to a level […]
Gas Execs Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
Figure 5-3, ‘Sample Fracture Fluid Composition by Weight’, as seen in the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on natural gas drilling by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Mineral Resources Two prominent gas industry executives have directly addressed one of the key environmental concerns surrounding the expansion of natural gas […]
You vs. Flu…Chemical Warfare
Are you scared? If you’re scared, say you’re scared. Not only is flu season on our doorsteps, it is a flu season like one we’ve never known. Doctors and scientists alike have been befuddled by the shifting from the norm that the flu virus has been exhibiting, and there is no real way to know […]
With mixed feelings we celebrate Nigeria’s independence anniversary
By Emeka Chiakwelu strategist@afripol.org Nigeria is 49 years today. On October 1st, 1960 the colonial master Great Britain lowered down her union jack and Nigeria raised her green-white-green flag, simultaneously singing her new national anthem written by a British expatriate, Lillian Jean Williams. Nation building has not been easy for Nigeria, for she have gone […]
Why Authorities Haven’t Stopped the Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Boom
This story is a collaboration with Steve Henn of American Public Media’s Marketplace [1]. It was co-published with Salon [2]. During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers [3] thrived, thanks to the sluggish response of regulators and law enforcement agencies. Amid the ruins of the crash, there’s a new boom […]
Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets
EDT Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover,replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company with a firm named Triple Canopy. The new $1 billion contract cemented Triple Canopy’s status as the pre-eminent provider of private security services in Iraq, with its heavily armed employees appearing side by side with senior State […]
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