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...goals. He told of a time when he met a female biologist who prioritized her desire to reduce noise pollution affecting wildlife over concerns about human suffering. “I’m talking to people who say, ‘I’m going to accept pain and suffering...for this greater ecological utopia.’ I’m not willing to do this,” he said. Werbach also said businesses’ traditional method of sustainability, which is through philanthropy efforts, is ineffective. “It’s kind...
...latest report on the health of Gulf War veterans, released by a congressionally mandated panel earlier this week. The 465-page study details how the U.S. military mistakenly poisoned its own soldiers with two chemicals during Operation Desert Storm, leading to a number of debilitating symptoms - from chronic muscle pain and digestive problems to memory loss and persistent skin lesions - now collectively known as Gulf War illness (GWI). Worse still, the panel found that millions of dollars in funding for GWI research had been misappropriated, despite the fact that the illness afflicts nearly 25% of the 700,000 soldiers...
...interviewed has plainly stated the positive impact a black candidate had on mobilizing the black community to vote and become involved. I am a middle-aged white woman who voted for Obama because I believe him to be the best candidate. I do not pretend to empathize with the pain of racism, but to tell whites that Obama's race didn't have that much to do with why blacks voted the way they did is the really "disingenuous" act. Am I not allowed to also hope for an end to racism and its effects? I may not have suffered...
...Boston Finally, Gulf War Illness Recognized A congressionally mandated panel of scientists and veterans has validated in a Nov. 17 report the mysterious condition known as Gulf War illness (GWI). According to the study, the symptoms--which include memory loss, chronic muscle pain, fatigue, digestive problems and skin lesions--were likely caused by pills given to troops to protect against nerve gas and by the overuse of pesticides to ward off sand flies. Other factors include exposure to depleted uranium munitions, oil-well fires, nerve agents and vaccines. Nearly 25% of the 700,000 soldiers who fought in Operation Desert...
...interviewed has plainly stated the positive impact a black candidate had on mobilizing the black community to vote and become involved. I am a middle-aged white woman who voted for Obama because I believe him to be the best candidate. I do not pretend to empathize with the pain of racism, but to tell whites that Obama's race didn't have that much to do with why blacks voted the way they did is what is really "disingenuous." Am I not allowed to also hope for an end to racism and its effects? I may not have suffered...