Dirty Politics, Foul Air Dirty Politics, Foul Air
At Pittsburgh's Jefferson Elementary School, which overlooks the dark gray plumes from two electric power plants, there are so many children with asthma the school nurse alphabet...
Feb 24, 2005 / Rebecca Clarren
Cancer, Chemicals and History Cancer, Chemicals and History
Companies try to discredit the experts.
Jan 20, 2005 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Falluja’s Health Damage Falluja’s Health Damage
Afif Sarhan, an Iraqi physician and journalist, contributed reporting for this article.
Nov 24, 2004 / Miles Schuman
Vaccine Poker Vaccine Poker
With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won't be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination,...
Oct 14, 2004 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Dealing the Drug Cards Dealing the Drug Cards
This article represents Trudy Lieberman's personal views, not those of Consumers Union.
Jun 3, 2004 / Trudy Lieberman
Bhopal’s Legacy Bhopal’s Legacy
Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was...
May 6, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Educating Senator Frist Educating Senator Frist
George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.
Apr 15, 2004 / Paul Brodeur
Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma
When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.
Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors
Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked! Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked!
Six years after Kip Kinkel, dosed up with Prozac, killed his parents and two students at Thurston High, in Oregon; five years after Eric Harris, dosed with Luvox, embarked on his...
Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception
Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt