June 09, 2006

Items of interest off today's AlterNet (that aren't obvious)


BIG PHARMA'S DEADLY EXPERIMENTS
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
Sonia Shah's new exposé reveals how drug companies prey onpoor people overseas by using them in tests for new -- and
often dangerous -- meds.http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/37024/

U.N. Under-Secretary Bashes FOX

Mark Malloch-Brown, under-secretary of the UN, has come underfire for "an attack on Americans." Malloch-Brown made a speech inwhich he claimed that U.S. citizens are "kept in the dark." http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/37286/

ARE YOU A BITER YET?

Natural Yoga Mats? Biodynamic Wine? Vegan Condoms? Organic Beer? Not your grandmother's environmentalism! Ideal Bite is the ultimate online source of clever ideas that are good for both people and the planet. See why Vanity Fair featured the Ideal Bite founders as eco movers 'n' shakers. While you're at it, sign up for free, short, sassy eco-living tips delivered every weekday to your inbox
.http://www.alternet.org/idealbite_
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