With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Ireland To Spend $2.76B To Cut Joblessness, Boost Services :: The Irish government will spend more than €2.25 billion ($2.76 billion) on new infrastructure projects and to restart existing road, school and health care construction projects to create as many as 13,000 jobs without hiking debt, government officials said on Tuesday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/364016/20120717/ireland-stimulus-package-2-76-billion-ecb.htm
Hare Markets vs Tortoise Legislatures, No Matter What European Summits Decide :: It's all somewhat worrying when financial items in much of the world's media refer to "ESM bailout funds" as if the European Stability Mechanism were already well established and operating in Luxembourg.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/364001/20120717/eu-spain-debt-eurozone-germany-crisis-euro.htm
US Builder Confidence Rises To 5-Year High In July :: U.S. builder confidence rose in the new single-family home market as in July by the greatest level in nearly a decade, led by improving market conditions and buyer traffic, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363999/20120717/building-confidence-rises-july.htm
As Greece's Unemployment Surges, Britain Seeks To Stop Greek Influx :: Greece's jobless rate is about double the average for the EU, while the unemployment rate among youths under 25 is an astounding 51.5 percent -- having doubled over the past three years.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363986/20120717/greek-unemployment-uk-eu-immigartion-jobless.htm
Fed Ready To Do More To Increase Job Growth: Bernanke :: The head of the world's most powerful central bank said it stands ready to offer additional monetary support to a U.S. economy that has slowed significantly in recent months, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers on Tuesday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363973/20120717/federal-reserve-bernanke-jobs-quantitative-easing-unemployment.htm
Top After-Market Nasdaq Movers (Digital Generation, Codexis, NuPathe, Synacor, Marten, Mattress Firm, Select, J.B. Hunt, ICU, FLIR) :: The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Monday were Digital Generation Inc, Codexis Inc, NuPathe Inc, Synacor Inc and Marten Transport Ltd.
The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Mattress Firm Holding Corp, Select Comfort Corporation, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc, ICU Medical Inc and FLIR Systems Inc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363698/20120717/top-market-nasdaq-movers-digital-generation-codexis.htm
Poor Oral Health Damages Economy :: Over 2 million people in the UK say they have taken time of work due to poor oral health. The UK's economy is being damaged unnecessarily with an estimated two million workers taking sick time off work due to poor oral health over the past five years. Most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good oral health routine, but around seven per cent of the UK's 29 million workforce have called in sick with teeth problems at least once in the past five years... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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It's green growth or nothing | Chris Huhne :: We have no choice. High energy prices are here to stay and resource-frugality is our only hope for a sustainable futureMuch of our economic debate implies we must choose between going green or going for growth. That view may be the opposite of the truth. There is now hard evidence that the real choice is between green growth or no growth at all.For the first time in the postwar period, energy and other commodity prices are unusually high for this point of the global recovery. Normally the cost of basic materials falls in real terms for at least two years after a recovery begins. In the past, this boosted real incomes, supported spending and fuelled recovery.No more. Today there is a different phenomenon in the developed world: the "squeezed middle". Far from boosting incomes and spending, ...
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Ailing U.S. economy delivers a blow to 'medical tourism' :: Fewer U.S. patients are traveling abroad for non-emergency medical procedures, such as hip replacements or cosmetic surgery, ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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How Much Inequality Is Needed to Support a Strong Economy? :: There's plenty of self-interest on display in the debate on inequality, but behavioral and experimental economic studies and other inquiries into the topic show that there's more to the issue than meets the eye.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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Healthy Eating Hindered By Parents' Work-Life Stress :: In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their own and their family's nutrition. While prior studies have implicated working mothers in providing less healthy family food environments, this is one of the first studies of family nutrition to look at fathers - in particular a population of urban fathers, who face higher rates of unemployment and under-employment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Japan Stages Unprecedented Protests Over Nuclear Energy -- But Very Politely :: At least 75,000 protesters took to the streets of Tokyo to protest plans to restart nuclear energy. By Western standards they are exceedingly mild-mannered, but they question they raise is very serious - the word's third-largest economy may depend on it, in fact.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363594/20120716/japan-nuclear-protests.htm
French Carmaker Peugeot-Citroen Likely To Default: CDS Rates :: The credit default swaps (CDS) market is pricing in a probable default by PSA Peugeot-Citroen (Paris: UG) as the company struggles with the French government to shed 14,000 jobs and close a plant to cut costs and ensure its survival.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363530/20120716/psa-peugeot-citroen-ug-default-cds-shares.htm
US Travel And Tourism On Pace For Record-Setting Year :: The U.S. travel and tourism industry is looking at a record-setting year, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday, with both spending and visitor numbers well above last year's figures.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/363513/20120716/travel-tourism-brand-usa.htm
Greek youth: To fight or flee? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/6gO8mHETMTc/index.html
Tanking Economy May Mean Kids Suffer More Abuse (CME/CE) :: (MedPage Today) -- Rates of physical abuse and brain injury among the nation's children have risen significantly in the early 21st century, and the recent economic recession and housing crisis may be a reason why, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
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Rwanda: Too Many Babies Straining Economy :: [Focus]Rose Mukamurigo is a 54-year-old community health worker in Kayonza district, Eastern Province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
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America Has A Great Economic Future :: Behind the headlines, American entrepreuers are solving the country's major economic problems and building the foundation for a great future for future generations. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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