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Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan
By not in system - AOL News(June 26) - American forces in Afghanistan, who already face roadside bombs and insurgent attacks, may be dealing with an environmental enemy as well -- toxic sand that can damage their brains, according to a recent Navy study. In a presentation at a neurotoxicology conference in Portland, Ore., earlier this month, Palur G. Gunasekar, a senior scientist with the Navy Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, said that dust kicked up in sandstorms contains manganese and other metals. "The sand is a risk factor for inducing neurotoxicity," Gunasekar said. Compounds that are neurotoxic are those ...
Watchdogs: Following the Money in Health Insurance and International Banking
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThis week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), sent open letters to the heads of America's four largest health insurance companies -- WellPoint, United Health, Humana, and Aetna -- asking how often their clients have been denied insurance coverage based on pre-existing conditions. The committee also wants information on maternity coverage and premium increases; asked the four insurance chief executives to respond by March 12 if they plan to voluntarily provide the information; and requested their testimony at a committee hearing on March ...
PDI Shout-Outs: Bloody Money, Right-Wing Militias, and Saddam's Social Network
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn appreciation of the great work by hard-digging journalists in our midst, PDI salutes investigative reporting in other publications: Bloody Money As noted in a previous PDI Watchdog column, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is looking into the effect of foreign corruption on America's pocketbooks and politics. A recent hearing revealed a seamy swirl of American lobbyists, real estate deals, and loopholes in our federal laws through which flood millions of dollars in truly dirty money, much of it also covered in the blood of those unlucky enough to be born under foreign ...
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