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GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells
A recent meta-analysis has alleged that the health risks linked to chemical exposure have doubled in the last five years ...
More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here’s what we know
Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both ...
Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science
"Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds.” "People with the highest levels of phthalates had a ...
Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto
The recent court victories against the former Monsanto involving glyphosate constitute a major cause célèbre for anti-GMO activists. Now, another ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems
Everybody wants to know that when they turn on their tap, their drinking water is safe. According to the EPA, ...
How soon will we be able to breed allergy-free cats?
Amy Bitterman, who teaches at Rutgers Law School in Newark, gets enormous pleasure from her three mixed-breed rescue cats, Spike, ...
Climate change-induced health problems and deaths are accelerating
Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published [October 20]. The annual reports ...
GLP Podcast: At-home dementia test raises concerns; mRNA flu vaccines? Chemical-free pesticides
A new at-home dementia test may help predict your risk of cognitive impairment late in life, though some experts fear ...
Viewpoint: Why gene editing is so much like ‘nature’ — and therefore should not be tightly regulated
At what point do regulatory experts possess sufficient knowledge on innovative technologies and their potential impacts, both beneficial and adverse, ...
Remembering Auschwitz and the 1.1 million people who died there
The Nazi concentration camp system still remains a unicum, both in its extent and its quality. At no other place ...
Viewpoint: By failing to endorse carbon-cutting biotechnology innovations, Glasgow climate summit missed ‘low hanging fruit’
Although verdicts vary, and some progress was clearly made, the climate change consensus emerging among scientists post-Glasgow is that the world continues on a path ...
Are pesticides in foods a new holiday concern? (‘No’)
The holidays are typically centered around food. Large gatherings of families eating holiday meals, potlucks at work and churches, and ...
Viewpoint: Science is now perceived as less about evidence and more about political and ideological tribal identification — and it’s corrupted the left and the right
Over the past 18 months, a number of significant events have occurred that were interpreted through two entirely different worldviews: ...
Omicron: What we know so far — and what lies ahead
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This ...
Viewpoint: ‘An environmental activist-driven narrative spun by a small population of privileged zealots is presently shaping global climate and agricultural policy’
As the COP26 winds down and the world leaders, delegates and activists all head home, it is time for the ...
Thankful for science: How pesticides made your Thanksgiving meal possible
This year, you're going to pay 24 percent more for a turkey, a tough bite out of the wallet for ...
‘Monsatan’ resurrected: Washington Post bungles review of misguided (and erroneous) new book
What better time than the Halloween season to indulge anxieties about mortality and its discontents and give running room to ...
COVID ‘Doctors of Death’: Should physicians who peddle coronavirus and vaccine disinformation face consequences for their followers’ injuries or deaths?
Earlier this month, Dr. Rashid Buttar posted on Twitter that covid-19 “was a planned operation” and shared an article alleging that most people ...
Could pumpkin pie be on the “86 list” this Thanksgiving?
If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you’ve probably heard the term “86” which basically means that they’re out of ...
GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy
Does Monsanto control the seeds Mexico's farmers can grow? No, but anti-GMO groups do. An increasing number of Americans don't ...
Economic consequences of regulations of GM crops
Are regulations hampering the potential for biotechnology to contribute to global food security? ...
Global food security has been lagging since 2015. Here’s how renewed public-private partnerships could turn around the decline
Global food security is at a tipping point. After decades of both absolute and relative improvement in food security worldwide, ...
GLP Podcast: Science ‘flip-flops’; Pig-to-human organ transplants; Glyphosate lawsuits and tort reform
An expert advisory panel recently revised the decades-old recommendation to take aspirin daily to prevent a first heart attack or ...
Will you get a COVID vaccine? In the US, those who lean Republican are least likely — trumping age, race or education
The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor and other surveys have consistently shown a strong relationship between partisan identification and how individuals ...
Part 2: The hypocrisy of opponents of genetic engineering of food
Logic would dictate that those who are opposed to using gene engineering (GE) in all its forms to grow crops ...
Part 1: The organic food industry’s rejection of modernity
The rapid advance of technology has enriched our daily lives. We can take pictures and videos with a cell phone, ...
Are rapid-result antigen tests an unappreciated long-range tool to tame COVID?
An overwhelming consensus on any topic is very rare these days. But many Americans, whatever their political leanings, seem to ...
