Comments on: Double Dose: Concerns Over HPV Vaccines; HHS’ Latest Contraception/Conscience Proposal; The Future of Personalized Medicine; Spinach With a Side of Radiation; WALL*E, a Lesbian Love Story … http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/08/double-dose-concerns-over-hpv-vaccines-hhs-latest-contraceptionconscience-proposal-the-future-of-personalized-medicine-spinach-with-a-side-of-radiation-walle-a-lesbian-love-story Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lucinda Marshall http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/08/double-dose-concerns-over-hpv-vaccines-hhs-latest-contraceptionconscience-proposal-the-future-of-personalized-medicine-spinach-with-a-side-of-radiation-walle-a-lesbian-love-story/comment-page-1#comment-621 Lucinda Marshall Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:16:47 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=974#comment-621 It is good to see that the mainstream press and medical community are finally asking some hard questions regarding the HPV vaccine rather than merely reading Merck press releases. The issues raised here are essentially the same ones I raised when the vaccine first came out--see http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/780 and http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/04/20/the-deadly-profits-of-misogynist-medicine/. Let's hope this 2nd look by such influential publications leads to the necessary discussion about the appropriate use of healthcare dollars to maximize women's health. As for irradiating spinach--this is very scary--radiation causes cancer and is not an appropriate way to safeguard our food supply. What we need to do is look at farming practices and the way we distribute food which are the causes of these outbreaks. Nuking our food is not the answer! It is good to see that the mainstream press and medical community are finally asking some hard questions regarding the HPV vaccine rather than merely reading Merck press releases. The issues raised here are essentially the same ones I raised when the vaccine first came out–see http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/780 and http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/04/20/the-deadly-profits-of-misogynist-medicine/. Let’s hope this 2nd look by such influential publications leads to the necessary discussion about the appropriate use of healthcare dollars to maximize women’s health.

As for irradiating spinach–this is very scary–radiation causes cancer and is not an appropriate way to safeguard our food supply. What we need to do is look at farming practices and the way we distribute food which are the causes of these outbreaks. Nuking our food is not the answer!

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