Social Issues

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Chemistry World October 29, 2007 Arthur Rogers	Deal to Allow Poor Nations Better Access to Cheap Drugs MEPs belatedly approved EU ratification of a 2005 World Trade Organization protocol on compulsory licensing -- potentially paving the way for developing countries to order generic drugs from manufacturers abroad without infringing patent rights.
Chemistry World October 25, 2007 Arthur Rogers	European Ethical Guidelines Weigh in Against Mail Order Genetic Tests The Council of Europe (CoE) has come out against mail-order and over-the-counter genetic tests in new ethical guidelines that seek to address dilemmas faced by health services without hobbling scientific progress towards 'personalized medicine'.
Chemistry World October 24, 2007 Hepeng Jia	China to Ramp up Nuclear Power China may dramatically increase the proportion of energy it gets from nuclear power in the near future, according to the energy expert charged with developing the country's new energy strategy.
ifeminists October 23, 2007 David Heleniak	Hidden Harm Although it is not politically correct to say so, women can and do use false allegations of domestic violence to gain sole custody and to get their children to hate and fear their fathers.
Wired October 23, 2007 Andy Isaacson	With the Help of GPS, Amazonian Tribes Reclaim the Rain Forest Tribes are using GPS to map out their tribal territory and asserting their legal right to the land.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Borden et al.	50 Ways to Green Your Business Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the specific (lose the plastic bowls!). Mix, match -- join in.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Charles Fishman	Hire This Guy In the fast-changing world of corporate sustainability, environmental consultants are the new management gurus. And Mike Brown is the master.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Linda Tischler	At Frog, Being Green Isn't Easy; It's Essential Nowhere, perhaps, has the green ethos been embraced more fervently than in the design community, a group that, in the words of Frog Design president and COO Doreen Lorenzo, "inherently wants to do good and change the world."
Fast Company November 1, 2007 David Roberts	Are Carbon Offsets a Cop-Out? Fighting climate change may have become a crusade -- but it's no sin to do the easiest thing first. Carbon dioxide is fungible, like money -- not personal, like sin.
National Defense November 2007 Stew Magnuson	Military Identity Technology Leaps Ahead of Policies To help fight the Iraqi insurgency, the Defense Department has pushed biometric collection technologies into the field. But policies on how best to use them are not fully developed.
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