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To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate
States are debating whether to require girls be vaccinated against the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer. In the meantime, families have to decide whether to give the new vaccine to their daughters and even sons. We’ll go to a pediatrician for advice and take your calls. Also: the future of New York’s water, and freshman Congressman John Hall’s first proposed legislation is a call for tougher inspections of the Indian Point nuclear power plant; and a call in on plans to track taxis by satellite and to film clubgoers.
Fragmented Treatment
John Sferazo, president and co-founder of Heroes Helping Heroes thinks the White House plan to pay individual doctors treating 9/11 related ailments will harm the ongoing study of the health effects of the September 11th attacks.
Study Hall
John Hall, freshman New York Congressman (D-19) representing Westchester County,
talks about the reintroduction of legislation to require an Independent Safety Assessment of the Indian Point nuclear power
plant.
Event
Rep. John Hall will be taking part in a Technical Briefing & Roundtable on Indian Point Leaks on Friday, March 2 at Pace University in Pleasantville. RSVP (845) 454-7673 x116 or katy@clearwater.org.
Drinking Problem?
Eric Goldstein, senior attorney in the Natural Resources Defense Council's New York office and co-director of NRDC's urban program, talks about whether the EPA will make New York City filter its drinking water and what that would entail.
To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate
Dr. Warren Seigel, the of chairman of pediatrics and director of adolescent medicine at Coney Island Hospital, takes calls from listeners on whether to vaccinate their children against the HPV virus and Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health talks about the cultural issues involved in health advocacy especially concerning the HPV vaccine.
Merck's webpage for Gardasil
Open Phones
Listeners weigh in on hi tech tracking of taxi drivers and surveillance cameras at nightclubs.
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