When Martin [Luther] King opposed the [Vietnam] war, when he rallied people to oppose the war, he was threatening the bottom lines of some of the largest defense contractors in this country. This was about money. It had to do with huge amounts of money that that war was generating to large multinational corporations th...at were based in the United ( Read more... )

Phenylbutazone is indicated for the treatment of a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders, including muscular sprain and strain, muscular overuse (including both muscular damage and strain/damage of the tendons attaching muscles to bone), tendonitis, acute joint injury/strain/sprain, and arthritic conditions ( Read more... )

E. coli bacterium is a common inhabitant of the human intestine. It also lives in the intestine of many other animals, wild & domestic. It is one of the most thoroughly studied of all living things. It is a favorite organism for genetic engineering as cultures of it can be made to produce unlimited quantities of the product of an introduced gene. ( Read more... )

The long-suffering people of Haiti suffered a catastrophic blow in 2/04 when U.S. Marines kidnapped & deposed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The U.S., supported by Canada & France, forced him into exile, forbade him from even returning to the hemisphere, & reestablished a despotic interim puppet government backed & ( Read more... )

The Yangtze river dolphin (baiji) of China is a graceful animal, with a long, narrow, slightly upturned beak & a flexible neck. At night the baiji often rests in areas of very slow current. A group may congregate in the quiet area of an eddy for 5-6 hours. Several underwater acoustic signals are used for communication & echolocation. Baijis live in ( Read more... )

Although Disney claims its code of conduct & "independent" monitoring system are ensuring respect for workers' rights in its supply factories in China & other countries, studies found that violations of the Disney code of conduct & Chinese labor law were commonplace, including: excessively long hours, poverty wages, unreasonable fines, workplace ( Read more... )

We hear that Third World poverty is due to overpopulation, too many people having too many children to feed. Actually, over the last several centuries, many Third World lands have been less densely populated than certain parts of Europe. India has fewer people per acre-but more poverty-than Holland, Wales, England, Japan, Italy, and a few other ( Read more... )

Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, ( Read more... )

Lethal Business The use of animals in toxicity testing ( Read more... )

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