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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Hobbits and hypotheses | Henry Gee :: All good tales should have a self-consistent back story. If they do, they are amenable to scientific investigation"Why?" If you have a toddler, this is a question that will assail your ears many, many times each day. Why is the sky blue? Why do people get old and die? Why am I here? To a person newly exposed to the world, everything is unfamiliar, and therefore deserving of explanation, even if the encrusted taboos of adulthood are broken in the asking. To a parent, who is old enough to have the luxury of taking everything for granted, it's infuriating. "Scientist" is a name we give to a person who has never really got beyond the toddler stage of inquiry. To a scientist, the world is still full of marvelous phenomena that demand explanation, and in which nothing should ever be taken for gr...
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Lives Saved And Profits Increased By Alcohol Pricing Policies :: Setting minimum prices for alcohol increases health and economic benefits, say international experts, who met for a seminar on alcohol pricing and public health. The meeting - sponsored by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia (CARBC) and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) - focused on new analyses on Ontario and other provinces where minimum pricing policies have been implemented for a number of years. Alcohol costs the Canadian economy $14.6 billion in indirect healthcare and social costs each year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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Warning Shots May Be Used To Thwart Airspace Incursions Near Disputed Islands: Japan :: <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>Japanese officials have said warning shots would be fired at foreign aircrafts violating its airspace, after an incident last week saw Beijing and Tokyo scramble fighter planes over airspace incursions near a set of hotly contested islands in the East China Sea.</p>
<p>Officials in Tokyo made the comments, as reported by the Associated Press, following an incident last week when the Chinese government sent a civilian surveillance plane to fly near the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/warning-shots-may-be-used-thwart-airspace-incursions-near-disputed-islands-japan-1026928
Manchester United Vs. Tottenham: Where To Watch Online Stream; Prediction, Preview And Probable Lineups :: <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>After ending their 23-year wait for a victory at Old Trafford earlier in the campaign, Tottenham now go in search of a first victory over Manchester United at White Hart Lane in almost 12 years.</p>
<p>"We have a fantastic record there," admitted Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, according to the club's official website. "It's a stadium that's old-fashioned, football-wise, like Aston Villa and Everton. There's always a good atmosphere and we enjoy playing there. But we can't take anything for granted. We have a hard game on Sunday. We have to perform."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/manchester-united-vs-tottenham-where-watch-online-stream-prediction-preview-probable-lineups-1026892
Chelsea Vs. Arsenal: Where To Watch Online Stream; Preview, Team News And Prediction :: <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>Arsenal head to Chelsea on Sunday with the long running saga over Theo Walcott's contract finally put to bed. While some may doubt whether the England international is worth his reportedly mammoth £100,000 a week wage packet, in the short term all at the club will be glad that there is one less distraction off the pitch.</p>
<p>On the back of a poor performance in defeat to Manchester City, there was much to be encouraged by in a 1-0 victory over Swansea on Wednesday that saw them progress in the FA Cup.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chelsea-vs-arsenal-where-watch-online-stream-preview-team-news-prediction-1026888
Lady Gaga Reportedly To Perform At One Of Obama's Inauguration Balls :: <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 class="p1">Lady Gaga may be the featured performer at one of U.S. President Barack Obama's inaugural balls Tuesday night.</p>
<p class="p1">Lady Gaga would be the latest in a long line of big-name celebrities to perform at the ball for White House staffers, according to a source who spoke to the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INAUGURATION_LADY_GAGA_?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE�FAULT">Associated Press</a> on condition of anonymity because that person wasn't authorized to publicly reveal the information.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lady-gaga-reportedly-perform-one-obamas-inauguration-balls-1026886
Australian Open 2013: Where To Watch Live Stream Online; Preview Of Djokovic, Sharapova And More In Day 7 Action :: <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>The fourth round of a grand slam is generally considered when the real business end of the tournament begins, and two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic will have to be on his guard when he takes on 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka who has yet to lose a set in his three matches.</p>
<p>If past form is anything to go by, anything other than a straight-forward Djokovic win will be a huge surprise.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/australian-open-2013-where-watch-live-stream-online-preview-djokovic-sharapova-more-day-7-action
Top Hat Monocle takes $1.1M in follow-on funding to boost in-class student engagement :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/6y8ITHSVY7U/story01.htm
Tough year ahead for Angela Merkel :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/53ZWRHnEgAk/
Toyota settles fatal crash case :: Toyota settles a wrongful death lawsuit following a fatal crash involving sudden acceleration, in what could be the first of hundreds of such cases.
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