Mar 17
2013
The Boston Phoenix, one of the nation’s most storied alt-weeklies, closed last week, underscoring how yet another segment of the legacy media is struggling. Jack Shafer, a former alt-weekly publisher, explains the dynamics for Reuters.
Mar 13
2013
Mar 13
2013
In the summer it is not unusual to see children swimming in Black Rock Canal directly across from a pipe that can spew untreated sewer, storm runoff and toxic industrial chemicals into the water. As gross and dangerous as that sounds, the following details may not be for those with weak stomachs. Consider yourself warned. Each year about 52 million gallons of untreated storm runoff, industrial waste water and sewage enter Black Rock Canal. There are 14 permitted overflow pipes in this canal alone. Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper says some of the bacteria tests it conducted in the canal showed E. coli[...]
Mar 12
2013
Dr. Sanjay Gupta made more than $500,000 from drug companies since 2009, according to a ProPublica database. He is a consulting psychiatrist at GreenField Health and Rehabilitation Center, according to his Linkedin account. This puts him in the top 22 of all doctors nationwide.
Mar 12
2013
Mar 12
2013
Health Commissioner Shah says he could have a decision to the governor in a few weeks on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing. Neither the governor nor Shah said they need to wait for the results of a study that will look at health histories of scores of people living near natural gas wells.
Mar 11
2013
Database by Pro Publica tracks how industry money funnels to doctors in all states, with updated reports from 2012. Scores of doctors and medical institutions in the Buffalo area are receiving big money from the pharmaceutical industry.
Mar 10
2013