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"Pfizer reluctantly compensates Nigerian families whose loved ones injured, killed by illegal drug experiment"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:30

"(NaturalNews) The families of children who were permanently injured or killed in an illegal 1996 Pfizer drug trial in Nigeria are finally starting to get the promised financial compensation for their losses, according to a recent report by BBC News. After trials involving the experimental anti-meningitis drug Trovan left 11 Nigerian children dead and dozens more injured, Pfizer initially refused to admit fault, claiming that the drug was not the cause. The drug giant eventually agreed to settle the issue out of court, however, and 15 years later is finally starting to distribute payments."

"Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:21

"In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats.

According to the study, which was summarized by Rady Ananda at Food Freedom, "Three varieties of Monsanto's GM corn - Mon 863, insecticide-producing Mon 810, and Roundup® herbicide-absorbing NK 603 - were approved for consumption by US, European and several other national food safety authorities."

Monsanto gathered its own crude statistical data........."

"No sex dating website launches for cancer survivors"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 18 August 2011 06:40

"A new website allows daters to be completely upfront about their no sex policy. Sex can be painful for survivors of cancer and other diseases, which is why cervical cancer survivor, Laura Brashier has created a new kind of online dating website, reports The Globe and Mail.

The site, 2date4love, launched Aug. 1, and is geared toward people who cannot engage in sex due to disability, or the effects of disease or its treatment.

Brashier, a 50-year-old hair stylist, underwent chemotherapy and radiation to treat the stage 4 cervical cancer she was diagnosed with at the age of 37."

"Chris Selley: Why Ford’s Sheppard subway fixation?"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 18 August 2011 06:23

"There are times when it’s nice to see a politician stick with a promise through tough times, on the theory that a promise is, after all, a promise. There are times when it’s not so nice — notably, if the promise has proven unwise in light of subsequent events or new information. And then there are times when it’s just strange — say, if the promise never made any sense in the first place, and the politician is already on a streak of violating any number of pledges, promises, vows, oaths and covenants."

"Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:30

"PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four times the size of Stanford’s entire student body.

The course is one of three being offered experimentally by the Stanford computer science department to extend technology knowledge and skills beyond this elite campus to the entire world, the university is announcing...."

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