45%
Increase in death rate from diabetes in the United States from 1970 to 2002
Study by American Cancer Society
1 every 26 seconds
Rape rate in South Africa
BBC News
7%
Rate of conviction in South Africa for accused rapists
BBC News
75:1
Ratio of traffic-related injuries per capita in Moldova compared with the United Kingdom
National Center for Health Statistics
"This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer."
Proposed warning label on french fries and potato chips served in California
"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did"
Rep. Richard Baker of Louisiana’s sixth district in a speech to lobbyists.
"This is the greatest thing that’s ever been organized probably in the history of the world"
Chris Martin of Coldplay, commenting on the Live 8 concert
"The question for Judge Roberts isn’t just whether he agrees with Roe v. Wade... It’s whether he will put the health of the American public ahead of ideology."
Dr. Wendy Chavkin, Chair of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
"Nutrition... has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have kicked it pretty cruelly"