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8 février 2012, par Wendell Potter — News, corporations, health
MONTPELIER, Vermont — You can’t see them. They’re hidden from view and probably always will be. But the health insurance industry’s big guns are in place and pointed directly at the citizens of Vermont. read more
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8 février 2012, par Mary Bottari — Op-Ed, politics
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) is in a last-minute scramble to challenge "fraudulent" recall petition signatures. Of the six public officials facing recall in Wisconsin, Fitzgerald has the slimmest margin of recall signatures. While the effort to recall Wisconsin (...)
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7 février 2012, par Sara Jerving — News, corporations, environment, health, Atrazine Exposed
Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal that the global chemical company's PR team had a multi-million dollar budget to pay surrogates and others who helped advance its messages about the weed-killer (...)
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7 février 2012, par Rebekah Wilce — News, agriculture, corporations, health, Atrazine Exposed
Atrazine is an herbicide primarily manufactured by the multinational conglomerate Syngenta and commonly used on commodity crops, forests, and golf courses. Its potential harmful effects on human health have been documented since the 1990s. As a consequence, atrazine has been "unauthorized" in (...)
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7 février 2012, par Beau Hodai — News, journalism, corporations, public relations, Atrazine Exposed
By Beau Hodai and Lisa Graves Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal how the global chemical company's PR team investigated the press and spent millions to spin news coverage and public perceptions in (...)