RT @bradpjacobson: Birth control recall: What did Pfizer & FDA know & when did they know it? http://t.co/Bq2jAB5a #muckreads
Pfizer recently announced it's recalling one million packets of birth control medication because it mixed up the order of the hormone-containing pills with placebos during packaging, putting an unknown number of women at risk for unintended pregnancies. Are they liable if women end up pregnant? Largely depends on the state.
Slavery in New Zealand's fishing industry & how it ends up on US plates: Businessweek http://t.co/o88hkYhr via @BW #muckreads
Beyond the reach of international regulators, human-rights violations are committed on a daily basis on the high seas, in the name of satisfying the world’s appetite for seafood. This is the story of how that ill-gotten catch may wind up on your plate.
#muckreads On Indian Reservations, Higher Crime and Fewer Prosecutions: http://t.co/9QuW2VP5
Indian reservations across the United States have grappled for years with chronic rates of crime higher than all but a handful of the nation’s most violent cities. But the Justice Department, which is responsible for prosecuting the most serious crimes on reservations, files charges in only about half of Indian Country murder investigations and turns down nearly two-thirds of sexual assault cases, according to new federal data.
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