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Are Food Additives Making Kids Hyper?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2007 It would seem a no-brainer, given the old "you are what you eat" adage, that those scary-sounding and clearly unnatural ingredients added to a wide range of foodstuffs might have some impact on children's health. A team of British researchers from the University of Southampton believes that could be the case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Controversial Report Prevails in Iraqi Death Toll Dispute

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2007 British officials won't publicly question the results of a study that put the estimated Iraqi death toll at 655,000 -- that's more than 500 deaths per day -- since the beginning of the war. The dispute over the study, published in The Lancet in October, centered on its methods and the large disparity between its estimates and Iraqi government figures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

655,000 Iraq War Deaths

Curren Warf / Truthdig Oct 18, 2006 A doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility reports on the attempts of ideological critics to slander the good science behind a shocking new report on the death tally of the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The Lancet Study Researchers

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2006 This week Truthdig celebrates the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad and the Center for International Studies at MIT as well as The Lancet for their commitment to documenting the real number of Iraqi deaths that have resulted from the 2003 U.S. military invasion of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq Study: 655,000 Dead Since Invasion

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2006 A survey team made up of Iraqi physicians and epidemiologists from Johns Hopkins University has determined that the U.S. invasion of Iraq caused the deaths of roughly 655,000 people. The estimate is more than 20 times higher than one Bush gave in December, but the researchers believe they have substantial evidence to back the claim. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )