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Subject: Hospital infections kill 90,000 a year -
you can help
Date: 14 Oct 2004 12:27:30 -0700
From: "Health Alerts from Care2"
<healthalerts@...>
To: "Susan Darnell" <sue.darnell@...>

Hi Susan,

We have two important alerts for you today. You
can sign
a petition to end hospital secrecy over infection
rates,
and send a letter to your local candidates urging
them not
to take tobacco money this election season. Both
of these
actions are critical for public health - please
take a
moment today to act, and thank you for receiving
Health Alerts from Care2 and ThePetitionSite!

In this Issue:
1. End Hospital Secrecy and Save Lives
2. Put Children's Health Before Profits This
November
3. Autumn To Do List: 10 Things for Cleaner Indoor
Air

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1. End Hospital Secrecy and Save Lives
Petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/17913

Here's a shocking fact: more Americans die each
year from
hospital-acquired infections than from auto
accidents and
homicides combined. In fact, an estimated 90,000
people
die every year from hospital-acquired infections,
yet
hospitals still don't have to disclose their rates
of
infection! Hospitals don't even have to report
their
infection rates to the regulators who are
responsible for
making sure they meet basic standards.

A few states are taking action against this deadly
health
care problem by giving consumers information about
how
well their local hospitals control infections. But
in most
states, hospital infection rates are still secret.

It's time to make hospitals a safe place. Sign
this
petition to send a message to your governor and
ask them
to join Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and
Florida in
making hospitals safer:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/17913

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2. Put Children's Health Before Profits This
November
Send a Letter: http://www.care2.com/go/z/17915

Tobacco interests have given more than $28 million
in
political donations since 1997. It's no wonder
that
tobacco products remain virtually unregulated, and
every
day in America, 2,000 more kids become addicted to
tobacco.

It's time to reverse this deadly trend. Tell
candidates
running for office in your district to put
America's
kids first, not Big Tobacco's profits. Send a
letter to
your candidate today:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/17915

Big Tobacco means big money. Not only are tobacco
interests spending millions in campaign
contributions
right now, they've spent over $100 million
directly
lobbying Congress since 1999. No wonder Big
Tobacco has
so much influence with our elected officials.

But this election year, your voice is more
powerful than
Big Tobacco's money. You have a chance to
influence this
election and shape future tobacco control policy
by
sending a letter to candidates and elected
officials in
your district urging them to protect our kids from
Big Tobacco.

Send your letter today:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/17915

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3. Autumn To Do List: 10 Things for Cleaner Indoor
Air

It's that time again--windows close with a thump,
the
furnace clicks on, and next thing you know, you're
living
in a hotbed of pollution that could rival the smog
in L.A.

Here are ten easy, simple things you can do to
keep the
air quality pure and safe in your house this
Autumn:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/17917


____________________________________________

Thank you for acting today!

-Rebecca,
Care2 and ThePetitionSite team
http://www.care2.com/go/z/rebecca

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