Rise Of Sexual Predators In Oil And Gas Boomtowns Highlights Social Problems Of Large Scale Energy Projects
Research into the social and environmental effects on communities that are economically dependent on oil and gas industries has revealed “social dysfunction and biological impoverishment…
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Conference Seeks Sweeping Changes To Global Agriculture
Up to 1,000 World Food Prize Laureates, ministers, farmers, community development organizations, leading scientists, and innovators will gather in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010 for the first ever Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD)…
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Why Asthma's On The Rise And The New Asthma Treatments
The incidence of asthma has more than doubled – from 3% to 7.5% since 1980. Believe it or not, nearly 25 million people in the United States are asthma sufferers. And while there’s no shortage of theories about why asthma is becoming a major health concern, there is a shortage [...]
Opinion: Violence Against Women, Rebuilding Haiti, Food Security
Sen. Cardin Examines How Violence Against Women Exacerbates Health, Economic Conditions “Violence against women is a global epidemic, threatening the lives and safety of women and girls around the world,” Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the U.S…
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Obama Administration Details Healthy Food Financing Initiative
The Obama Administration released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. The initiative was announced today in Philadelphia by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…
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