Study Links Natural Gas Drilling to Congenital Heart Defects in Babies
A newly-published study specific to Colorado (pdf) links the rate of congenital heart defects in babies to how close they live to […]
Public health
Philip Morris on the First Surgeon Generals Report in 1964
January, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health
The Grand Valley Canals Double Message
Updated September 8, 2016 – Author’s note: On September 5, 2016, The Daily Sentinel published a front page story about the
Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese Working to Kill Riverfront Trails System
Mesa County’s Riverfront Project is a 25+ year project to clean up the Colorado riverfront and create scenic bike and
A Freethinker Halloween
With the rates of obesity and diabetes skyrocketing nationally and the number of kids going hungry in Mesa County at
FDA Drags Feet on Regulating Menthol in Cigarettes
It’s own Tobacco Products Advisory Scientific Committee (TPASC) concluded in 2011 that menthol cigarettes increase hazards to human health, but
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Female Politicians Fight Republican War on Women
Ohio State Senator Nina Turner has introduced a bill that would require men seeking prescription drugs for the treatment of
R.J. Reynolds Puts Cigarette “Pilferage in Perspective”
In September, 1985 ,R. J. Reynolds created a sales presentation about shoplifting called “Pilferage in Perspective,” to try and talk
BP’s Deepwater Horizon Cover-Up
Newsweek magazine published a scathing expose’ this week about BP’s behind-the-scenes efforts to limit what the public saw and understood
To the GOP: If Gun Control Doesn’t Work, Try This Instead
Op-Ed Laws to regulate guns just don’t work. At least that’s what many prominent Republicans say. In the mean time,