Agriculture & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earthโs land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Nanoplastics in drinking water: MAHA activists forge science-based bipartisan coalitionย
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule that would, for the first time,ย formally flag microplastics and pharmaceuticals in drinking waterย as ...
AI-based tool could detect and reduce online misinformation
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Anti-seed-oil to anti-vax pipeline: MAHA movement spreads to teen influencers
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The myths of โprocessโ: What science says about the โdangersโ of synthetic products and ultra-processed foods
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Kennedy has quietly stopped touting problematic raw milk. Health concerns arenโt why
[Robert F.] Kennedy, who once took shots of raw milk at the White House alongside a wellness influencer, stopped publicly ...
Running โwildโ: Last year, RFK, Jr. was given a green light to โreformโ chemical policies. Glyphosate illustrates how Trump now has him on a tight leash, and MAHA is furious
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Viewpoint: The herbicide glyphosate isnโt perfect. Banning it would be far worse.
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EPA concludes glyphosate is not carcinogenic. Missouri courts say Monsanto failed to warn it might be. SCOTUS weighs in.
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Digital junk food: Social media algorithms designed to highlight controversy not science
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Viewpoint: โScience-as-Satanโ unites the MAHAโMAGA movements. Is a breakup in the works?
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Boy Kibble: Muscle-building protein maxxing is the latest male health delusion
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MAHAโs special protein-focused formula for skin care: Beef tallow and salmon sperm. How could they be wrong?
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Raw milk myth wake-up call
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Stupid study of the month: Eating fresh fruits and vegetables can lead to cancer
... With the rise of anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, federal food guidelines have centered on slabs of meat, ...
Doctors needs nutrition classes? A physician unmasks another MAHA myth
To hear RFK, Jr. talk about medical school, you may think doctors enter health care oblivious to basic facts about ...
Food labels, decoded: What they really mean
Here I am at Costco, getting far too many things for my family of four. As I try to navigate ...
Anti-biotechnology activists smear hybrid wheat breakthrough that could surge yields in poorer countries
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Woo truce? The science and health establishment divided on how to deal with MAHA and RFK, Jr.
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Europe is on the cusp of approving gene editing of crops. Many other countries may follow soon.
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Viewpoint: Why over-eating processed foods is not the main driver of obesity
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U.S.-Iranian War will inflate food costs even if fighting does not resumeย
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ย โAppeal to natureโ and other dietary myths that seem appealing but could damage your health
... A systematic reviewย that examined 64 studies concluded that โonline nutrition-related information is often inaccurate and of low qualityโ. ...
Trump administrationโs gutting of USAID fuels a health and science crisis
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Hereโs why some foods need to be ultra-processedโand how to make better food choices
If youโve read nutrition headlines lately, youโve probably seen โultra-processed foodsโ thrown around with increasing urgency, most likely framed as ...
Viewpoint: How wrong was Paul Ehrlich about populationโs negative impact on growth? Just look at India
In 1968, a little-known ecologist named Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which aimed to bring attention to the perceived ...
Will the MAHA movement save the GOP this fall โ or help bury it? This man may be key
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Viewpoint โ Influential sports scientists: โNo evidence that organic food is healthierโ
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