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Sucralose, aspartame, stevia: With the use of sugar substitutes continuing to rise, questions mount about their impact on diets

Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way ...
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Viewpoint: Indian farmers urged to learn from Sri Lanka’s failed environmentalist-led movement to abandon science

One important lesson that Indian farmers must learn is never to believe without trying and applying what others are imposing ...
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GLP podcast/video: Dangers of slanted science coverage; Media falsely claims glyphosate could harm pregnant women

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Exaggerated media coverage distorts the public's understanding of critically important scientific issues, and the consequences can be dire. How do ...
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‘Glyphosate does not cause cancer and is not responsible for the plaintiff’s illness’: Bayer snaps Roundup liability losing streak

Brendan Pierson | 
Bayer has won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure ...
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Weedkiller adaptation: ‘Silver bullets on weed control don’t exist’

It has been a quarter century since corn and soybeans were engineered to withstand the withering mists of the herbicide ...
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New York neonicotinoid compromise: Governor Hochul agrees to gradually phase out some neonicotinoid pesticides while allowing key exceptions

Kathy Hochul | 
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law Legislation S.1856-A/A.7640, known as the Birds and Bees Protection Act. This nation-leading legislation ...
Monsanto’s lingering shadow: Bayer grapples with growing Roundup legal costs

Monsanto’s lingering shadow: Bayer grapples with growing Roundup legal costs

Maureen Farrell | 
Three years after Bayer agreed to pay $10 billion to settle claims that its weedkiller, Roundup, caused cancer, juries continue ...
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Viewpoint: Never heard of the Heartland Health Research Alliance? Here’s how the organic- and tort-lawyer funded sham research center generates disinformation about glyphosate and other farm chemicals

David Zaruk, Kathleen Hefferon | 
Where would science be if an influential institute today was established by tort lawyers to produce research solely for use ...
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GLP podcast/video: What causes autism? Treating PTSD with psychedelics; Alcoholism could be in our genes

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Speculation persists about the causes of autism thanks to an explosion in the number of cases that have been diagnosed ...
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Are pesticide residues on food something to worry about?

Jon Entine, Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
Just like anything that goes into your body, it’s the dose (the amount) that matters ...
President Macron’s attempt to appease French anti-glyphosate environmental lobby goes awry, alienating both his activist base and farmers

President Macron’s attempt to appease French anti-glyphosate environmental lobby goes awry, alienating both his activist base and farmers

Gil Rivière Wekstein | 
Good news for French agriculture. Finally, the European Commission decided to follow what a majority of Member States wanted, in this ...
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GLP podcast/video: Trust in scientists plummets; EU ditches organic ‘Farm to Fork’ plan; Our troubling ‘superhuman’ future?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Americans are losing trust in scientists following the COVID pandemic. How can experts regain the public's support? The European Union ...
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A llama-inspired way to protect crops

Steve Savage | 
Most of us will never see a live llama except at a zoo unless we have an opportunity to travel ...
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Glyphosate cancer warning rejected: US appeals court rebuffs California’s attempt to require label that conflicts with global consensus that the herbicide is safe as used

A U.S. appeals court recently ruled that California lacks the authority to enforce a regulation mandating cancer warnings on glyphosate, ...
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Eight-country European study finds numerous pesticides reduce fertility in bumblebees

Thomas Deane | 
A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators ...
Pesticides and Food: It's not a black or white issue — Has pesticide use decreased since the introduction of GMO crops?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Has pesticide use decreased since the introduction of GMO crops?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
What is the truth about crop pesticides and their residues in food in 2018? ...
Facing billions more in potential settlements, Bayer holds to its legal strategy

Facing billions more in potential settlements, Bayer holds to its legal strategy

Steve Davies | 
Bayer is sticking to its legal strategy of trying individual Roundup cases in court, even as a series of recent ...
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GLP podcast/video: Elon killed Twitter? EWG’s latest pesticide scare; RFK, Jr. vs ‘Big Pharma’

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Has Twitter (X) devolved into a misinformation cesspool? Once scientist says yes. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims schools near ...
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Viewpoint: Activists shift tactics on glyphosate, attacking independent European science-oversight agencies that have unanimously found the herbicide safe

David Zaruk | 
Glyphosate ate the world! Every single day another serious disease, from all types of cancer to Parkinson’s, is attributed to ...
Viewpoint: Here’s how zealous environmental groups dupe politicians about the ‘widespread dangers’ of many safe and effective pesticides

Viewpoint: Here’s how zealous environmental groups dupe politicians about the ‘widespread dangers’ of many safe and effective pesticides

Henry Miller | 
Pesticides used in agriculture have long been the subject of controversy and misinformation – and the attention of regulators. Since ...
Oil-based chemicals are used in everything from pillows to house paint. What are possible substitutes?

Oil-based chemicals are used in everything from pillows to house paint. What are possible substitutes?

Sylvia Thompson | 
Petrochemicals are in everything from cleaning agents, paints and cosmetics to pillows, acrylic worktops and much of our clothing and ...
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What’s next for Bayer after losing $1.56 billion Roundup glyphosate case?

Tim Loh | 
Bayer AG suffered its biggest drop ever, losing about €7.6 billion ($8.3 billion) in market value, after major legal and ...
Viewpoint: Scientifically illiterate claim that aspartame causes cancer illustrates again the escalating politicization of science

Viewpoint: Scientifically illiterate claim that aspartame causes cancer illustrates again the escalating politicization of science

Hank Campbell | 
If you have been in science media for any period of time, you have seen a predictable pattern; epidemiologists look ...
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Glyphosate reauthorized for 10 years by divided EU

David Zaruk | 
[November 16] the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF committee) was again unable to get a ...
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Analysis: Do neonicotinoid and glyphosate pesticides threaten bees? A reassessment

Jon Entine | 
"The honeybee is in no way endangered. If there’s a top ten list of what’s killing honey bee colonies, I’d ...
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Headlines claim that almost half of all drinking water contains high-levels of ‘dangerous’ PFAS ‘forever chemicals’. What does the science say?

Susan Goldhaber | 
The headline “New Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water from 45% of Faucets Across US” led many news ...
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