Published on February 15, 2012. Tags: Billboards, FairWarning, Federal Highway Administration, Myron Levin, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Scenic America, Traffic Safety
FairWarning: Billboard companies are moving aggressively to plant digital signs along U.S. highways and city streets. But debate persists on whether the eye-grabbing displays, which typically change messages every six to eight seconds, pose a risk to traffic safety.
Published in Economy, Government, Health, Transportation
Published on February 3, 2012. Tags: Abortion, breast cancer, Cecile Richards, Cliff Stearns, Howard Goodman, Jill Lepore, Nancy Brinker, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, women's health
Howard Goodman: A reversed decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has put the nation’s biggest breast-cancer fundraiser under a microscope.
Published in Blog, Health, Politics
Published on February 2, 2012. Tags: Corporation for Enterprise Development, Education, Florida and Foreclosures, Foreclosure, health, Howard Goodman, Insurance, Poverty, Unemployment
Howard Goodman: A study finds Florida one of the worst states in the nation for income and financial security.
Published in Blog, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Insurance
Published on December 19, 2011. Tags: Body Scanner, Christian Salewski, Michael Grabell, Millimeter Wave, ProPublica, Transportation Security Administration
ProPublica: One type of airport body scanner deployed by the TSA has raised health concerns, but a safer type has registered such high false-alarm rates that Germany and France have nixed it.
Published in Economy, Government, Health, Transportation
Published on December 19, 2011. Tags: Airport Body Scanners, Backscatter Scanner, Broward County Commission, European Union, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Ilene Lieberman, John Rodstrom, Millimeter-Wave Scanner, PBS Newshour, ProPublica, Ralph De La Cruz
Ralph De La Cruz: South Florida officials want TSA to prove the safety of “backscatter” scanners — or pull them from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Published in Blog, Economy, Government, Health, Transportation
Published on December 16, 2011. Tags: 7-Eleven, Cheker Oil Company, Circle K Stores, ExxonMobil Oil, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Grant Smith, Imperial Oil, Inland Protection Trust Fund, M.C. Moewe, Marion County, Pantry Inc.
M.C. Moewe: State fund bolsters companies’ profits while Florida drivers continue to pay.
Published in Environment, Government, Health
Published on December 16, 2011. Tags: 7-Eleven, Cheker Oil Company, Circle K Stores, Contaminación, Departamento de Protección Ambiental de la Florida, Gasolinera, Grant Smith, Imperial Oil, M.C. Moewe
M.C. Moewe: Fondo estatal apoya las ganancias corporativas, mientras que los conductores de la Florida siguen pagando.
Published in Environment, Español, Government, Health
Published on December 16, 2011. Tags: Anthony Cormier, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Dollars For Doctors, Gandhi Lora, German Bosque, Jeb Bush, Matthew Doig, Pam Bondi, Pharmaceutical Companies, Police Misconduct, ProPublica, Ralph De La Cruz, Rick Scott, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Unfit For Duty
Ralph De La Cruz: The people we trust and respect, police and doctors, are the subjects of fascinating investigations by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and ProPublica.
Published in Blog, Health, Journalism, Justice
Published on December 13, 2011. Tags: Azúcar, El Salvador, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Nicaragua, Ronnie Greene, Sasha Chavkin
Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Cada año desde 2005 hasta 2009, la enfermedad renal ha matado a 2.800 hombres en Centroamérica, según el análisis de los datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud llevado a cabo por la International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Published in Economy, Español, Health, Justice
Published on December 13, 2011. Tags: Central America, El Salvador, Farming, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Kidney Disease, Mexico City, Nicaragua, Ronnie Greene, Sasha Chavkin, Sugar Cane, World Health Organization
Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Mysterious kidney disease has killed thousands of men in an isolated region of Central America, but why?
Published in Economy, Health, Justice