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Chinese Parents Filing Lawsuits Over Milk Contaminated Deaths

by Elana Centor at 4:35pm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 under Business & Career, fda, Contamined Milk, Chinese Milk Scandal, Melamine; 307 views
Despite governmental pressure to "drop the issue," parents in China whose children died from complications of melamine-laced milk are taking a very western approach -- they are suing.

Are the Big Boys Ruining the Organic Milk Industry Around The World?

This year, like the year before and the year before that,sales of organic milk in the U.S. is expected to jump 20%.So it is not surprising that there are those in the organic dairy movement that are very concerned over the "industrialization of the organic foods," and milk in particular.

Happy Birthday Plan B

It's been one year since the FDA approved Plan B aka Emergency Contraception for sale over the counter. In the first year sales of Plan B have skyrocketed. with 2007 sales predicted to hit 80 million dollars. Here are a few bloggers who recognized the birthday on their blogs. Rachel from Women's Health News is encouraging people join the Pill Patrol. Despite over-the-counter availability, not all pharmacies stock the drug, and not all pharmacy staff are adequately informed about or willing to dispense Plan B. To that end, Planned Parenthood has launched the Pill Patrol campaign, in which women can sign up online to serve as secret shoppers, calling or visiting a nearby pharmacy and reporting back on whether the pharmacy will provide the drug.