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...paid $700,000 for the parts and received fees to transfer them to research labs, including Mitek, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Nelson says he believed that the transactions were legitimate; Reid hasn't commented. UCLA came under suspicion as well, condemned by the families of donors for lax oversight, at best, or knowing about a lucrative tissue bazaar and winking at it, at worst. If someone profited from her sister's body, Tilden wants the money back. "I'll give it to cancer research," she says. "I don't want the money [for myself]. That's blood money...
...like those segregated by race, cannot be counted upon to be equal. But last week, President George W. Bush announced plans to change its enforcement of Title IX rules in order to allow more single-sex classes and schools in public school districts. And, though we are concerned about lax enforcement of the Bush Administration’s new rules, we are happy to see families who can’t afford private school getting the same choice that more affluent families have had for generations...
...that govern media ownership, Clear Channel has gone from 30 radio stations to more than 1200. This amounts to roughly one out of every ten American stations. But more importantly, Clear Channel controls as much as half the radio market in certain big cites, and new mergers, combined with lax regulation, promise to raise that number significantly in some markets...
...treated as benign as smog. It is a very dangerous pollutant and, as research has shown, belongs in the category of neurotoxins. The Bush administration’s weakened regulations may save the power industry hundreds of millions of dollars—yet another instance of its characteristically lax laws with regard to big industry—but they won’t be able to address the real harm quickly enough. Without requiring across-the-board regulation, there will still be mercury build-up and concentrated areas of pollution; the substance will continue to taint our waters and affect...
...Third World countries. Like other multinational groups that came under fire in the '90s, the company in 1997 instituted a code of conduct, which all suppliers must sign, and maintains inspectors in countries where its products are made. Still, watchdog groups continue to cite problems, including excessive overtime and lax health-and-safety regulations. Says Carl-Henric Enhorning, director of H&M investor relations: "We believe the best way to have a positive impact in developing markets is to be there and to be buying so that they have money to live...