April 30, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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‘Catastrophic’ malpractice payouts add little to health care’s rising costs

Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and “frivolous” payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care resources. But a new review of malpractice claims suggests such assertions are wrong. Continue reading

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November 7, 2011
by Reduce
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Calif. Files Suit Over Biodegradable Plastic Bottles

  Balance and AquaMantra, both makers of bottled water, tout their plastic water bottles as 100 percent biodegradable and recyclable, but the State of California is taking issue with these assertions. Late last month, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a lawsuit against the two bottled water companies and their bottle supplier, ENSO Plastics, charging [...] Continue reading

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August 17, 2011
by David Newman
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Setting the Record Straight on Bluefin Tuna

David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Last week, I received a comment on a recent blog accusing me of posting a “factually flawed” and “extremely misleading” report of a new study by the International Union for the Con… Continue reading

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April 18, 2011
by David Newman
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"Let Us Eat Fish," Now and Forever

David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Dr. Ray Hilborn, a veteran stock assessment scientist, published an Op-Ed in last week’s NY Times entitled “Let Us Eat Fish.”  The piece contains some misleading assertions and conc… Continue reading

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