Related tags:
medicine + (30)
health + (20)
science + (16)
marijuana + (10)
research + (9)
doctors + (7)
doctor + (7)
disease + (7)
history + (7)
healthcare + (7)
technology + (7)
us + (6)
death + (6)
canada + (6)
brokenlink + (5)
art + (5)
anatomy + (5)
ethics + (5)
video + (5)
military + (5)
surgery + (5)
privacy + (5)
pregnancy + (4)
politics + (4)
law + (4)
journalism + (4)
journal + (4)
children + (4)
Cannabis + (4)
devices + (4)

Users that often use this tag:
zarq (10)
madamjujujive (6)
reenum (4)
mek (3)
Laminda (2)
Fizz (2)
cashman (2)
orthogonality (2)
melissa may (2)
Steve_at_Linnwood (2)
mr_crash_davis (2)
dfowler (2)
jpoulos (2)
netbros (2)

Kerr Magee had applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to call their waste an "experimental fertilizer" and just spread it over the top of the land.

Depleted uranium is now understood to have many medical consequences unique to its modern application as munitions, due to its incendiary, aerosolizing behavior when pulverized. (Rosalie Bertell explains, youtube) It has become a leading candidate for the cause of Gulf War syndrome, and was associated with massive increases in cancer and birth defects in Basra. The EU has called for a moratorium on its use four times, and WHO is deeply concerned with its consequences, but the USA (with Canadian complicity) and Russia continue to use it in Iraq and elsewhere. (prev: 1 2 3 4 5)
posted by mek on Aug 22, 2007 - 52 comments

"I would love to see it banished off the face of the Earth."

Bisphenol A: this extremely common chemical leaches out of food packaging and plastics, and was long considered safe. But a number of recent studies link it to developmental problems and cancer in lab animals in doses far lower than the current regulatory limit. Canada and the United States both review the scientific data available in the coming months, but critics already worry the process will be corrupted by industry. Industry, of course, insists that BPA is safe.
posted by mek on Apr 7, 2007 - 32 comments

“Allowing parents to select their children’s sexual orientation would further a parent’s freedom to raise the sort of children they want to raise.”

Cure for teh gay? I was relaxing in front of X-Men 3 when a friend mentioned that the United States "gay sheep" experiments were wrapping up (though not uneventfully), with considerable successes. Lesbian tennis champ Martina Navaratilova has been fighting to end the tests for some time, but it appears a "gay vaccine" for pregnant mothers may be inevitable. Meanwhile, the GOP's only gay congressman retires.
posted by mek on Dec 31, 2006 - 294 comments