03-Nov-2012 21:06 How

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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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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How to build a business in the age of 'Indivisibility' :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2RsaB-Whep0/story01.htm

How To Keep Occupied On A 3-Hour Long Gas Line :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's uncertain when gas stations will go back to the way they used to be. Waiting 20 minutes for a tank of gas would seem like a dream come true now for many on the Eastern Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. </p><p>Because of the storm's devastation, a large numer of gas stations were left without power and those that do have power have run out of gas.</p><p>Some people have reported they've waited on three-hour-long lines just to be told the gas station had run out of gas.</p></div></div></div>
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How Hurricane Sandy Is Affecting A Girl With Autism On Long Island :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Hurricane Sandy's aftermath has devastated the Eastern Coast and has especially affected those with disabilities.</p><p>My sister Felicia is 21 years old, and when I tell people I have to babysit her, they normally look at me like I have seven heads. Well, that is, if they don't know she has Autism.</p><p>For those who know people with the learning disability, many of them don't like change. In fact, not only do they not like change, they find it virtually impossible to deal with change.</p></div></div></div>
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How NBC is using Instagram to report the 2012 election :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/z_VAUoyPWF0/story01.htm

How the fragmented world of mobile wallets will sow confusion :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/mWOHXn6_tWs/story01.htm

How data helped me learn to love the small screen :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DC3XHJjgwiM/story01.htm

Quiz: How will you fare? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/67GkWlozlSI/index.html