health
CVS risking consumer, workers’ health for profits, laborers claim
February 3, 2010Members of Laborers Local 78 are connecting poor treatment of consumers to poor working conditions for contractors, and are urging consumers to pressure CVS.
Read moreFinding that work-family balance
January 26, 2010I’m always a sucker for certain headlines at the grocery store check out line.
Read moreAid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
December 29, 2009Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
Read moreTrucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show
December 23, 2009Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.
Read moreBed bugs suck!
December 14, 2009The biggest threat to human health presented by bed bugs is the toxic effect of the poisons sprayed by their panicked victims.
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