PAC 53 – Public Health Battles Against the Interests of Private Subcontracting The PIP (Poly Implant Prothesis) Breast Implants Health Scandal

By Armand Suicmez
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°53
On January 4, 2012, the investigating judge of the city of Marseille led a search on the premises of the French PIP (Poly Implant Prosthesis) company located in the Var region, following the scandal over the breast implants…

PAC 14 – Public Health at the Hour of Philanthropic Capitalism Financing of Developing Countries by the Gates Foundation

By Clement Paule
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°14
On January 29, 2010, during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill and Melinda Gates announced that their foundation would finance the research, development and distribution of new vaccines in developing countries…

PAC 12 – Dissenting From Academics and Politicians Global Dividends and Suspicions around Immunization Policies

By Clément Paule
Passage au crible n°12
The PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) should begin an investigation into the threat of false pandemics end of January 2010. In a motion voted on December 18, 2009, the Health Committee of this institution accuses the pharmaceutical industry and WHO (World Health Organization) experts of…