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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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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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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Billionaire George Soros Set To Marry For Third Time, Announces Engagement With Girlfriend Tamiko Bolton :: Legendary investor and billionaire George Soros announced that he is engaged and all set to marry his girlfriend of last four years, Tamiko Bolton, during his 82nd birthday celebration on August 11.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372744/20120812/george-soros-hedge-fund-management-british-pound.htm
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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Obama's Going To Make It Rain (Money) To Stave Off Drought And Food Shortages :: U.S. President Barack Obama is going to make it rain money to ensure the nation's livestock get enough water and to fight rising food prices during one of the country's worst droughts in half a century.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372700/20120811/drought-food-shortages-water-obama-rain.htm
India May Not Implement 'Free Mobile To Poor' Scheme :: The Indian government's proposed plan to provide free mobile phones to every family below the poverty line may not take off as the Finance Ministry and the opposition parties objected to the move.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372639/20120811/india-government-drop-free-mobile-poor-scheme.htm
Top Post-Market Nasdaq Movers (JDS Uniphase,MannKind, Iridium, Apollo, Novavax, Infinera, InterDigital, IAC/InterActiveCorp) :: The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were JDS Uniphase Corporation, MannKind Corporation, Iridium Communications Inc and Apollo Investment Corporation. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Novavax Inc, Infinera Corporation, InterDigital Inc and IAC/InterActiveCorp.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372620/20120811/top-post-market-nasdaq-movers-jds-uniphase.htm
South Korea Likely To Announce Monetary Easing Measures In September :: With South Korea's economy continuing to slowdown, investors feel that the Bank of Korea (BoK) will be under pressure to announce monetary easing measures at the next meeting in September.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372619/20120811/south-korea-stimulus.htm
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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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)
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G20 Weighs Emergency Meeting To Address Food Prices :: Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to tackle soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in half a century and poor crops from the Black Sea bread basket.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/373102/20120813/food-prices-wheat-corn-g20-oats-soy.htm
Tough six months ahead for Tesla :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dl4eHJcWSf0/
BP To Sell $2.5bn California Refinery and Assets to Tesoro :: Independent refiner Tesoro revealed it will buy BP refinery in Carson, California and related assets for about $2.5bn
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/373025/20120813/bp-tesoro-oil-asset-sale-m-gulf.htm
Billionaire George Soros, 82, To Marry 40-Year-Old Yoga Business Woman :: Soros announced the engagement at his 82nd birthday party held at the octogenarian's summer home in Southampton, N.Y., a person familiar with the investor said.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/373007/20120813/soros-bolton-marriage-hamptons.htm
Japan's Quarterly Economic Growth Slows Down To 0.3% :: Japan's economic growth slowed down in the April-June quarter compared to the first three months of the year, indicating that the country is losing growth momentum affected by soft global demand and weak consumer spending.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372892/20120813/japan-economy-growth.htm
US Budget Deficit Narrows To $69.6 Billion In July - Lower Than Expected :: The monthly U.S. budget deficit shrank to $69.6 billion in July from $129.4 billion in the same month a year ago, reflecting a rise in government receipts and a drop in spending.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372540/20120810/budget-deficit-taxes-national-debt-obama-administration.htm
US Regulators Tell Big Banks To Develop Collapse-Prevention Plan: Reuters Exclusive :: U.S. regulators directed five of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious problems, emphasizing that the banks could not count on government help.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372397/20120810/federal-reserve-financial-crisis-banks-comptroller.htm
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