Posts tagged ban

• Should Smoking Be Banned in Public Housing?

  Mike Ferrara | June 16, 2010 9:57 PM | 10 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  In the state of Maine, it has been illegal since 2008 to smoke in a car carrying passengers less than 16 years of age. The rationale is that children strapped into a smoke-filled car are...

• E. Coli Ground Beef Death Toll Reaches 2

  Mike Ferrara | November 02, 2009 8:38 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  An outbreak of E. coli in ground beef products has sickened more than two dozen people and killed at least two—one in New Hampshire and another in upstate New York. Now,...

• Trans Fats Gone but Not Missed in NYC – Can We Be Next, Please?

  Camryn Hansen | July 20, 2009 10:25 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  In December 2006, a city-wide mandate ordered New York City restaurants to begin phasing trans fats out of the foods they serve. In November 2008, the mandate turned into a full city-wide ban on...

• Most Bankruptcies Caused by Medical Bills of Americans with Health Insurance

  Camryn Hansen | June 08, 2009 8:26 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent Harvard University study found that in 2007, a full 62% of all bankruptcies filed in the US were caused by medical problems that led to overwhelming medical bills. Tough luck, you say....

• Not Just For Baby Bottles – Congress Considers Federal Ban on BPA in ALL Food and Beverage Containers

  Camryn Hansen | March 15, 2009 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Earlier this week, House and Senate leaders initiated legislation which would put a federal ban on the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in not just baby bottles, but all food and beverage...

• Unbelievable Salaries for TARP Bank Execs

  Mike Ferrara | February 12, 2009 10:12 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  CNNMoney.com has just released the numbers for the salaries and total compensation earned in 2007 by executives of nine of the banks receiving funding through the federal government’s...

• Philadelphia Celebrates World Series Win with 76 Arrests, Hospital Trips, Fires, and a Bank Robbery

  Camryn Hansen | October 30, 2008 3:08 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It was crazy, but we’re recovering. Last night, after the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 with a score of 4 to 3 for the second World Series win in their history, fans poured out...

• Government Contemplates Financial Bailout While Taxpayers File Bankruptcy for Medical Bills – When Will Congress Intervene in Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs?

  Mike Ferrara | September 25, 2008 12:57 AM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While politicians quibble over whether or not CEOs of failing financial institutions be limited to a paltry $400,000 a year by the impending federal bailout of investment banks, slated to cost...