Agriculture & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s 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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Kennedy has quietly stopped touting problematic raw milk. Health concerns aren’t why
[Robert F.] Kennedy, who once took shots of raw milk at the White House alongside a wellness influencer, stopped publicly ...
Running ‘wild’: Last year, RFK, Jr. was given a green light to ‘reform’ 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 isn’t 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.
Plaintiffs have filed tens of thousands of lawsuits in state courts alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer gave them cancer. The ...
Digital junk food: Social media algorithms designed to highlight controversy not science
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Viewpoint: ‘Science-as-Satan’ unites the MAHA—MAGA 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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MAHA’s 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
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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 ...
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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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‘Appeal to nature’ and other dietary myths that seem appealing but could damage your health
... A systematic review that examined 64 studies concluded that “online nutrition-related information is often inaccurate and of low quality”. ...
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Viewpoint: How wrong was Paul Ehrlich about population’s negative impact on growth? Just look at India
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Why the herbicide glyphosate is key to sustainable agriculture
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