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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA). Good source for national health data and reports.

Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the United States: 2004 to 2006. 5/13/2008.

More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study. Reuters. 5/13/2008.

Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home. Monte Reel. Wa. Post. 4/26/2008.

Is in vitro meat the future?. Carol Midgley. Times/UK. 5/09/2008.

Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse Reports: Complaint (31pgs); Referral to Committee (4pgs); Final Report (164pgs)

Utah Mine Disaster Was Preventable, Report Says. Ian Urbina. NY Times. 5/09/2008. Reports: Complaint (31pgs); Referral to Committee (4pgs); Final Report (164pgs)

DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Linked to Doha Deal. Aileen Kwa. Inter Press Service. 5/08/2008.

CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Ensuring Food Security. Antoaneta Bezlova. Inter Press Service. 5/09/2008.

US Urged to Reform Foreign Aid. Ida Wahlstrom. One World. 5/09/2008.

System of Neglect - Immigrant Detention. Dana Priest & Amy Goldstein. Wa. Post. 5/11/2008.

World's Giants to Alter Food Equation. Evan Osnos & Laurie Goering. Chicago Tribune. 5/11/2008.

Harmful Chemical Wafts Off Your TV. Scott Streater. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 5/11/2008.

Tornado might sound death knell for Oklahoma town. Kevin Murphy. KC Star. 5/12/2008.

The Green Machine: Monsanto Co's Transgenic Products Tightens Their Control of Seed Market. Jennifer Kahn. Resugence Magazine. 1999.

"Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe". Interview with Jesús León Santos, Winner of Goldman Prize. Inter Press Service. 4/24/2008.

Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World. Elizabeth Rosenthal. NY Times. 4/26/2008.

Punjab reaps a poisoned harvest. David Loyn. BBC. 4/26/2008.

Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice. Anthony Faiola. Wa. Post. 4/28/2008.

Emptying the Breadbasket. Dan Morgan. Wa. Post. 4/29/2008.

Warming 'affecting poor children'. BBC. 4/29/2008.

UN: Biofuel Production 'Criminal Path' to Global Food Crisis. Environmental News Service. 4/29/2008.

Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America

Multinationals Make Billions In Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis. Geoffrey Lean. Independent/UK. 5/04/2008.

Small-town residents living on deadly ground. Ronnie Greene. Miami Herald. 5/03/2008.

No let up in India farm suicides. Prachi Pinglay. BBC. 5/05/2008.

Load Up the Pantry. Brett Arends. Wall Street Journal. 4/21/2008.

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World. Josh Gerstein. NY Sun. 4/21/2008.

India rules out new farm debt aid. BBC. 4/22/2008.

Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution. National Academy of Science. 4/2008.

Scientists: Smog contributes to premature death. AP. 4/22/2008. Link to report summary

Bangladesh children toil to survive. Al Jazeera. 4/14/2008.

DEVELOPMENT: Reinventing Agriculture. Stephen Leahy. IPS. 4/15/2008.

Executive Summary of the Synthesis Report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and
Technology for Development (IAASTD)
. PDF. Report on traditional vs industrial agriculture, original report site

Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy. Reuters. 4/20/2008.

Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth. Geoffrey Lean. Independent/UK. 4/20/2008.

DEVELOPMENT: Reinventing Agriculture. Stephen Leahy. International Press Service. 4/15/2008.

Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security - UN. David Adam. Independent/UK. 4/09/2008.

Food prices stir poverty concern. Al Jazeera. 4/11/2008.

As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record. Erik Eckholm. NY Times. 3/31/2008,

Oregon's healthcare lottery. Rajesh Mirchandani. BBC. 3/30/2008

Aging Statistics Interagency federal government data site on aging statistics.

Older Americans wealthier, living longer. Julie Steenhuysen. Reuters. 3/28/2008.

Asian rice crisis starts to bite. Hannah Belcher. Al Jazeera. 3/29/2008.

High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest. Keith Bradsher. NY Times. 3/29/2008.

Cultural Imperialism at the W.H.O.?. John Tierney. NY Times. 1/28/2008.

Quarter of US Women Suffer Domestic Violence: CDC . Will Dunham. Reuters. 2/07/2008.

Cereal prices hit poor countries. BBC. 2/14/2008.

Drug Traces Common in Tap Water. AP. 3/10/2008.

Americas Slave Labor. Christopher Moraff. In These Times. 1/17/2008.

Poverty Is Poison. Paul Krugman. NY Times. 2/18/2008.

Depression drugs don't work, finds data review. David Rose. Times Online. 2/26/2008.

Sex-Changing Chemicals Make Male Starlings Sing Sweet Songs. Brandon Keim. Wired News. 2/29/2008.

Daniel Troy's Poison Pill. Stephanie Mencimer. Mother Jones. 3/07/2008.

Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China. Ariana Eunjung Cha. Washington Post. 3/09/2008.

ERs fail as the nation's safety net. Mary Engel and Rong-Gong Lin II. LA Times. 2/09/2008.

Obesity Becoming World Crisis. Craig and Marc Kielburger. Toronto Star. 2/04/2008.

Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare. Rosenthal, NY Times. 10/11/07. International study of the impacts of laws on abortion and maternal mortality by the WHO.

The Primary Review - 7 and 11 year olds. 10/12/2007. University of Cambridge. A study of the stress levels of 7 and 11 year olds in British school systems.

Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans. Robert Pear. NY Times. 10/07/07.

A Heavy Toll From Disease Fuels Suspicion and Anger. Bolton, NYT. 10/07/07.

'Health disaster' in French Caribbean linked to pesticides. 9/19/07 John Lichfield, Independent.

Danger to children from food and drink additives is exposed. Smithers, Guardian. 9/06/07.

Health

"Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe". Interview with Jesús León Santos, Winner of Goldman Prize. Inter Press Service. 4/24/2008.

'Health disaster' in French Caribbean linked to pesticides. 9/19/07 John Lichfield, Independent.

A Heavy Toll From Disease Fuels Suspicion and Anger. Bolton, NYT. 10/07/07.

Aging Statistics Interagency federal government data site on aging statistics.

Americas Slave Labor. Christopher Moraff. In These Times. 1/17/2008.

Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home. Monte Reel. Wa. Post. 4/26/2008.

As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record. Erik Eckholm. NY Times. 3/31/2008,

Asian rice crisis starts to bite. Hannah Belcher. Al Jazeera. 3/29/2008.

Bangladesh children toil to survive. Al Jazeera. 4/14/2008.

CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Ensuring Food Security. Antoaneta Bezlova. Inter Press Service. 5/09/2008.

Cereal prices hit poor countries. BBC. 2/14/2008.

Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse Reports: Complaint (31pgs); Referral to Committee (4pgs); Final Report (164pgs)

Cultural Imperialism at the W.H.O.?. John Tierney. NY Times. 1/28/2008.

DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Linked to Doha Deal. Aileen Kwa. Inter Press Service. 5/08/2008.

DEVELOPMENT: Reinventing Agriculture. Stephen Leahy. IPS. 4/15/2008.

DEVELOPMENT: Reinventing Agriculture. Stephen Leahy. International Press Service. 4/15/2008.

Danger to children from food and drink additives is exposed. Smithers, Guardian. 9/06/07.

Daniel Troy's Poison Pill. Stephanie Mencimer. Mother Jones. 3/07/2008.

Depression drugs don't work, finds data review. David Rose. Times Online. 2/26/2008.

Drug Traces Common in Tap Water. AP. 3/10/2008.

ERs fail as the nation's safety net. Mary Engel and Rong-Gong Lin II. LA Times. 2/09/2008.

Emptying the Breadbasket. Dan Morgan. Wa. Post. 4/29/2008.

Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World. Elizabeth Rosenthal. NY Times. 4/26/2008.

Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution. National Academy of Science. 4/2008.

Executive Summary of the Synthesis Report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and
Technology for Development (IAASTD)
. PDF. Report on traditional vs industrial agriculture, original report site

Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth. Geoffrey Lean. Independent/UK. 4/20/2008.

Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security - UN. David Adam. Independent/UK. 4/09/2008.

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World. Josh Gerstein. NY Sun. 4/21/2008.

Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy. Reuters. 4/20/2008.

Food prices stir poverty concern. Al Jazeera. 4/11/2008.

Harmful Chemical Wafts Off Your TV. Scott Streater. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 5/11/2008.

High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest. Keith Bradsher. NY Times. 3/29/2008.

India rules out new farm debt aid. BBC. 4/22/2008.

Is in vitro meat the future?. Carol Midgley. Times/UK. 5/09/2008.

Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare. Rosenthal, NY Times. 10/11/07. International study of the impacts of laws on abortion and maternal mortality by the WHO.

Load Up the Pantry. Brett Arends. Wall Street Journal. 4/21/2008.

Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the United States: 2004 to 2006. 5/13/2008.

Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans. Robert Pear. NY Times. 10/07/07.

More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study. Reuters. 5/13/2008.

Multinationals Make Billions In Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis. Geoffrey Lean. Independent/UK. 5/04/2008.

No let up in India farm suicides. Prachi Pinglay. BBC. 5/05/2008.

Obesity Becoming World Crisis. Craig and Marc Kielburger. Toronto Star. 2/04/2008.

Older Americans wealthier, living longer. Julie Steenhuysen. Reuters. 3/28/2008.

Oregon's healthcare lottery. Rajesh Mirchandani. BBC. 3/30/2008

Poverty Is Poison. Paul Krugman. NY Times. 2/18/2008.

Punjab reaps a poisoned harvest. David Loyn. BBC. 4/26/2008.

Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America

Quarter of US Women Suffer Domestic Violence: CDC . Will Dunham. Reuters. 2/07/2008.

Scientists: Smog contributes to premature death. AP. 4/22/2008. Link to report summary

Sex-Changing Chemicals Make Male Starlings Sing Sweet Songs. Brandon Keim. Wired News. 2/29/2008.

Small-town residents living on deadly ground. Ronnie Greene. Miami Herald. 5/03/2008.

Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China. Ariana Eunjung Cha. Washington Post. 3/09/2008.

System of Neglect - Immigrant Detention. Dana Priest & Amy Goldstein. Wa. Post. 5/11/2008.

The Green Machine: Monsanto Co's Transgenic Products Tightens Their Control of Seed Market. Jennifer Kahn. Resugence Magazine. 1999.

The Primary Review - 7 and 11 year olds. 10/12/2007. University of Cambridge. A study of the stress levels of 7 and 11 year olds in British school systems.

Tornado might sound death knell for Oklahoma town. Kevin Murphy. KC Star. 5/12/2008.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA). Good source for national health data and reports.

UN: Biofuel Production 'Criminal Path' to Global Food Crisis. Environmental News Service. 4/29/2008.

US Urged to Reform Foreign Aid. Ida Wahlstrom. One World. 5/09/2008.

Utah Mine Disaster Was Preventable, Report Says. Ian Urbina. NY Times. 5/09/2008. Reports: Complaint (31pgs); Referral to Committee (4pgs); Final Report (164pgs)

Warming 'affecting poor children'. BBC. 4/29/2008.

Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice. Anthony Faiola. Wa. Post. 4/28/2008.

World's Giants to Alter Food Equation. Evan Osnos & Laurie Goering. Chicago Tribune. 5/11/2008.

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