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ArchivesThe Landscape of Medical ErrorsBy Kerry Grens on Monday, July 25, 2005.Medical errors are estimated to be one of the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. Up until about the last decade information on errors was either non-existent or kept secret. As hospitals become more open and the public more aware, the landscape of errors is coming into view. New Hampshire Public Radio's Kerry Grens has more on what it looks like in the state. A Voice for the CommunityBy Shay Zeller on Monday, July 25, 2005.Most major media outlets these days are run by big companies, and that means lots of their programming comes from outside the communities they serve. But there are people out there working to keep radio and television as local as possible. We'll talk with two of them. Tim Stone is co-founder and general manager of WSCA, a low-power radio station serving Portsmouth, and Dave Rogers, co-producer and host of Granite Planet, a sketch comedy show that's carried on cable access stations around the state. What to do about MtBE?By Jon Greenberg on Monday, July 25, 2005.The gasoline additive has contaminated drinking supplies in New Hampshire, and across the country. And there have been over 150 lawsuits filed against MTBE makers. Efforts from Congressmen in Washington to protect MTBE manufacturers from lawsuits have failed, most recently in a major upset this past weekend. Jon Greenberg guest hosts. He's joined by Eric Olson, Senior Attorney at the Natural Resource Defense Council, and Scott Segal, an attorney with the law firm Bracewell and Giuliani. We will also hear from Maureen Smith, New Hampshire's Assistant Attorney General. Click here to see the percentage of water supplies in NH with detectable amounts of MtBE. |
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