There is not one nation who has gone the way of socialized medicine that has not failed. Government should stay the hands off and solve the real problems of our society. If government is so concerned with many who do not have health care, make them go to work. Give them dignity by being allowed to work and pay for their own health care. Stop the greed that makes it impossible for most of us to afford the best care in the world. Oh! I forgot, the United States of America is rated number 38th in providing the best health care, numbers from the World Health organization. Something is wrong now, and if we sit idly by, we will be further away from the best of health care.

About the fate of pharmaceuticals and other waste water compounds through a New Jersey drinking water treatment facility, as presented by Paul Stackelberg of the U.S. Geological Survey at the water quality conference.

A. H. Robins pharmaceutical company produced the Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine device (IUD) blamed for causing injury to thousands of women, including death, infection, infertility, miscarriages, and birth defects, which eventually led to the bankruptcy of the company.