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Jury Awards Former Pfizer Scientist $1.37 Million

By EDMUND H. MAHONY The Hartford Courant   April 2, 2010 HARTFORD — – A former Pfizer scientist who claims that she has been paralyzed by inadvertent exposure to a virus engineered at the pharmaceutical company’s laboratories in Groton was … Continue reading

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Sociological Issues Relating to Mold: The Mold Wars

“This is a position paper intended to make a plausible argument on behalf of mold victims. Demonstrating precisely how particular legal rules may be impeding even handed justice in mold cases is a job for the legal community. Hopefully someone … Continue reading

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Public Citizen Webinar 3-19-10 – Discussion on Openness and Accountability – Question submitted – What law allows the EPA to exclude public comments and questions from the minutes of a public meeting they held?

    Public Citizen is holding a webinar today. They asked that questions be submitted regarding transparency in government. See below information and forwarded of two questions I submitted. Sharon, Thank you for signing up to join Public Citizen and … Continue reading

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3/12/2010 – U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security – Sale of FEMA Trailers Must Stop

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 12, 2010 March 12, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to the news that FEMA is continuing to sell … Continue reading

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The Human Rights of Home

By NATASHA LENNARD March 1, 2010 Celia Barrow, a resident of the General Grant Houses in Harlem, greeted Daniel O’Connor of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor during a tour of public housing last Friday. … Continue reading

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