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Health carnival
"Take charge of your health" carnival is up at Health Plans Plus, with a post by Bioblog.Will the feds destroy the CRP with continuing ethanol subsidies?
Ethanol subsidies making it profitable again to grow crops we don't otherwise need are undermining an important conservation program.Why fear mongering is so successful
There's a reason fear-mongering works as a political strategy: the irrational part of our brain is much easier for other people to manipulate than the rational part.Carnival of the Green, Scientia Pro Publica #4
Two carnivals up now feature Bioblog posts.Tax corn products for health care
There's a simple way in which we can turn obscene federal agricultural subsidies into support for spiraling health care costs.Bring on the free radicals!
Posted on May 13, 2009 in Health
Free radicals have been the victim of anti-aging marketing. The trouble is that they actually serve a function that is undermined by the overuse of supplements.
Use recyclable, not just renewable, energy
Why isn't discussion of increasing energy efficiency a bigger part of our conversation about "green" energy?This just in! Breast-feeding causes world peace!
Posted on May 1, 2009 in Health
Despite what you may believe, given the propaganda, women who don't breastfeed are not necessarily evil or even un-health conscious.
May Carnivals
Two new health carnivals are up, with articles from Bioblog.
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