“A trade unionist - of course I am. First, last, and all the time. How else to strike at the roots of the evils undermining the moral and physical health of women? How else grapple with the complex problems of employment, overemployment, and underemployment alike, resulting in discouraged, undernourished bodies, too tired to resist the onslaughts of disease and crime?” FirstsProblemBodyLastsCoursesEvilMoralCrimeDiseaseRootsTradeTiredComplexesStrikesEmploymentDishesDiscouragedUnderminingPhysical HealthComplex ProblemsUnderemployment Author:Maud Younger
“Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.” ProblemPoorWifeDiseaseLowsBlueStrikesComedianMinoritiesProfileCollarsKidneysBlue CollarKidney Disease Author:Virginia Postrel
“There are scarcities in drinking water when you pollute the groundwater with nitrates. There is a scarcity in diversity when you create huge cornfields with the same strain of corn so that when one disease strikes - which happened in the United States in the 70s - all the cornfields in the country are wiped out. That was the first time the U.S. realized the value of diversity in agriculture and began to discuss genetic resources and their conservation.” FirstsCountryStatesValuesWaterUnitedUnited StatesHappenedHugeDiseaseDiversityResourcesFirst TimeDrinkingStrikesAgricultureConservationStrainCornScarcityDrinking WaterGroundwater Author:Vandana Shiva
“Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.” HeartDiseaseRaisesCancerStrikesPerceiveOur FamilyWho We AreBreastsBreast CancerBreast Cancer InspirationBreast Cancer InspirationalCancer VictimCancer Awareness Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“If Death is your father, you don't ever have to worry about what part of his body the disease will strike next. If Death is your lover, you don't have to be afraid that he will ever leave you.” IfsBodyNextFatherWorryLoversDiseaseStrikes Author:Francesca Lia Block
“The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The important thing is that there be multiple food chains, so that when any one of them fails-when the oil runs out, when mad cow or other food-borne diseases become epidemic, when the pesticides no longer work, when drought strikes and plagues come and soils blow away-we'll still have a way to feed ourselves.” WayStillsImportantRunningAbilityEconomyVirtueEnvironmentFailingDiseaseImportant ThingsMadBlowOilStrikesChainsSoilShockFarmsCowsDiverseMultiplePlagueEpidemicsDroughtPasturesFood ChainPesticides Book:The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World