Recipe for Disaster: Colorado Riverfront Trail Users Unprotected from Gunfire
The Colorado Riverfront Trail is a huge asset to Mesa County citizens’ quality of life. It beckons residents and tourist […]
Health
Silt Blogger Falls Seriously Ill, Finds Glenwood Hot Springs Pool Contaminated with Pseudomonas
Last August, Peggy Tibbetts, a blogger in Silt, Colorado fell seriously ill with a bacterial infection after using the Glenwood Hot
Beware of Tricks at Local Grocery Stores
Last summer I picked up two raw chickens on sale at City Market, put one in the freezer and the
Why a Fetus is Not a Person
Updated November 5, 2014 Colorado’s Amendment 67 did not pass, to the relief of most of the state. The measure
Health
Man Paralyzed by Spinal Cord Injury Walks Again After Groundbreaking Surgery
A British man paralyzed from the chest down in a knife attack two years ago has regained the ability to
Consumer advocacy, Education, Health, Public health, Secularism
Grand Junction’s First Secular A.A. Group Moves to New Location
Mesa County’s new secular Alcoholics Anonymous group, “We Agnostics,” which started up just a few months ago, has already moved up
The Crucial History Lesson Behind CO Ballot Initiative #75: the “Community Rights Amendment”
Colorado citizens are now gathering signatures to get Ballot Initiative #75, a groundbreaking constitutional amendment, onto the state wide ballot in
Nonreligous Alcoholism Recovery Group Forms in Western Colorado
At long last, a non-religious alcoholism recovery group is finally available in Grand Junction. We Agnostics of Western Colorado, meets every
Botox Victim Wins $18 Million from Allergan after Contracting Botulism Poisoning
Dr. Sharla Helton, an accomplished obstetrician in Oklahoma City, won $18 million a long-running legal fight against the maker of
Midwife Sounds Alert Over Spike in Stillbirths in Heavily-Drilled Vernal, Utah
A midwife in Vernal, Utah, has raised a red flag about a spike in the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in
Corporations, Education, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Health, Public health, Safety, Security, Worker advocacy
“DrillingAhead.com” Gives Inside Look at Problems, Accidents and Worker Behavior in Oil and Gas Field
DrillingAhead.com is a worldwide networking website for employees of the oil and gas field. Rotating news stories on the the site’s
Lawsuit Blames Chicago Woman’s Death on Botox
A woman injected with cosmetic Botox at a skin care center in Chicago in May, 2011 developed symptoms of botulism and
Stacy London: What Not to Promote
On July, 8, 2013, Stacy London, star of the TV show What Not To Wear, entered into a partnership with drug
Colorado GMO Labeling Law Heading for Signature-Gathering Phase
Colorado Ballot Initiative #48, the “Colorado Right to Know Act,” would require food manufacturers to include the words “Produced with
Over Half of Weld County’s Winter Air Pollution Comes from Drilling Rigs
A team of atmospheric scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado (CU) found
Colorado Health Department Investigating Spike in Fetal Abnormalities in Heavily-Drilled Garfield County
Cross-posted from DeSmogBlog.com The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has called in an epidemiologist to investigate a recent spike
A Cure for Plantar Fasciitis
I’ve walked three miles every morning for the last 25 years. Walking helps keeps me mentally balanced, reduces stress, helps
Advertising, Consumer advocacy, Corporations, Ethics, Grassroots advocacy, Health, Marketing, Pharmaceutical, Public health, Tobacco, Tobacco documents
The Activism Behind CVS’s Cigarette Announcement
CVS Drugstores announced this week that they are finally acting on information the rest of us have known for fifty years: