G.J.’s North Desert Trashed by Off-Road Vehicles, Shooting, Dumping
If you want tourists, friends and family to see the best our area has to offer, whatever you do, don’t take them […]
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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
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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
Study: Daughters Bear Biggest Burden of Caring for Aging Parents
A new research paper shows that daughters spend more than twice as much time caring for their elderly parents than sons,
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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
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
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
Texas Family Wins $2.95 Million Verdict from Aruba Petroleum for Damaging their Health
A Texas ranching family won a $2.95 million award in a civil lawsuit against Aruba Petroleum, Inc., after a jury
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
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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:
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
Seven Year Old Fights GMOs in Girl Scout Cookies
Seven year old Alicia Serratos of Orange County, California has been a Girl Scout for almost three years, so when
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