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‘You have to prove the dose’: Why courts are rejecting payouts for exposure to alleged carcinogens like talc or actual ones like asbestos

Personal injury lawyers are either revered or reviled. Sometimes purveyors of junk science, they often prey on a vulnerable and ...
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How germs and ancient migrations help explain our world of ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’

The Gökhem graves provide hard evidence for the ancient community's demise: genetic traces of the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis ...
Podcast: Glyphosate causes seizures? Fatigue and brain toxins; Why parents turn 'anti-vaxx'

Podcast: Glyphosate causes seizures? Fatigue and brain toxins; Why parents turn ‘anti-vaxx’

Does the weedkiller glyphosate cause convulsions? A study published last week seemed to support that conclusion, but there's much more ...
Podcast: Time to quit 'baby' aspirin? Tobacco-industry science denial; Dutch farmer protests

Podcast: Time to quit ‘baby’ aspirin? Tobacco-industry science denial; Dutch farmer protests

Is it time to give up low-dose aspirin as a heart-attack prevention tool? New evidence suggests that the risks may ...
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Risk, hazard and the precautionary principle: Why Europe gets crop biotechnology and chemical regulation so wrong

David Zaruk, Founder of GreenFacts, Environmental-Health Risk Governance Analyst, Professor at Odisee University College | July 24, 2018 Highlights: European ...
Podcast: Non-GMO Project loves 'GMO' watermelon; Glyphosate in breastmilk; Junk nutrition studies

Podcast: Non-GMO Project loves ‘GMO’ watermelon; Glyphosate in breastmilk; Junk nutrition studies

The Non-GMO Project recently endorsed seedless watermelon on Twitter, thereby giving an accidental thumbs up to many other genetically engineered ...
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A UK Farmer’s Perspective: What are the Consequences for Sustainability and the Public When Biotechnology Innovations are Withheld?

Jake Freestone, Farm Manager at Overbury Farms, West Midlands, United Kingdom | July 10, 2018Highlights:European politicians bows to activist pressure, ...
Podcast: Industry funding doesn't corrupt science; COVID lab leak refuted? Dicamba controversy revisited

Podcast: Industry funding doesn’t corrupt science; COVID lab leak refuted? Dicamba controversy revisited

Should agricultural scientists take research funding from corporations? A pair of studies suggests that a 'lab-leak' origin for SARS-CoV-2 looks ...
Lax peer review + social media + confusing and misinterpreted data: Why so many COVID-era studies presented incomplete science

Lax peer review + social media + confusing and misinterpreted data: Why so many COVID-era studies presented incomplete science

The pandemic has upended many practices, among them peer review of technical medical and scientific articles. Lax peer review + ...
Podcast: Sri Lanka's disastrous fertilizer ban; Bees are fish in California; More pesticide lawsuits incoming

Podcast: Sri Lanka’s disastrous fertilizer ban; Bees are fish in California; More pesticide lawsuits incoming

Organic activist groups led Sri Lanka's economy over a cliff by pushing a ban on pesticides and fertilizers. Will they ...
Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID 'groupthink'

Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID ‘groupthink’

CRISPR gene editing has already proved to be a useful biomedical tool, but a recent study indicates it may damage ...
Exploring Prophet Muhammad’s Hebraic descent

Exploring Prophet Muhammad’s Hebraic descent

In the West, the discussion on the origins of Prophet Muhammad has been the subject of limited studies. Traditional and ...
GLP Podcast: EPA's political weedkiller rules; GMO-derived beer on sale; Anti-glyphosate webinar review

GLP Podcast: EPA’s political weedkiller rules; GMO-derived beer on sale; Anti-glyphosate webinar review

The Biden Administration just overruled its own scientists at the EPA, mandating regulations that effectively ban the low-risk, effective weedkiller ...
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In the Battle to Regulate GMOS, Gene Editing and other New Breeding Techniques, Who Has ‘Hazard Blood’ on their Hands?

This third segment in the mini-series will look at the networks of highly-motivated campaigners manipulating policy and pushing the hazard-based ...
Podcast: Guardian's glyphosate hysteria debunked; Intensive farming and pandemics; Where did dogs come from?

Podcast: Guardian’s glyphosate hysteria debunked; Intensive farming and pandemics; Where did dogs come from?

There's probably minute quantities of weedkiller in your urine. Should you panic? No. Will technological advances in farming reduce or ...
Podcast: Pesticides cancel benefits of fruits and veggies? Drought-tolerant wheat coming soon? Do DNA diets work?

Podcast: Pesticides cancel benefits of fruits and veggies? Drought-tolerant wheat coming soon? Do DNA diets work?

Do pesticide residues on food counteract the benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables? The FDA recently approved a genetically engineered ...
GLP Podcast: Non-GMO Project targets synthetic biology; What do our genes do? Time to toss your multivitamin?

GLP Podcast: Non-GMO Project targets synthetic biology; What do our genes do? Time to toss your multivitamin?

The Non-GMO Project has targeted synthetic biology on behalf of consumers, but does the public really need protection from a ...
Climate Action Farming: What farmers need to do to adapt as our planet heats up—and why organic and ‘regenerative agriculture’ cannot meet the challenge

Climate Action Farming: What farmers need to do to adapt as our planet heats up—and why organic and ‘regenerative agriculture’ cannot meet the challenge

There are a number of practices that farmers could use to manage their land in ways that would optimally remove ...
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When blood relatives hook up: Is ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’ really a thing?

Academic sex researchers will ramp up investigation of genetic sexual attraction ...
GLP Podcast: Epoch Times' glyphosate hysteria debunked; Paxlovid rebound; Melatonin isn't for kids?

GLP Podcast: Epoch Times’ glyphosate hysteria debunked; Paxlovid rebound; Melatonin isn’t for kids?

Paxlovid is the best COVID-19 therapy we have. So why are some patients displaying symptoms after treatment with this anti-viral ...
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Mike Adams: Natural News, “everyone’s favorite über-quack #1 anti-science website”— “even the quacks think he’s a quack”

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Michael Allen "Mike" Adams a.k.a. The Health Ranger (born 1969 or 1967 in Lawrence, KS) is publisher of Natural News ...
GLP Podcast: Why non-smokers get cancer; Spotting diseases during pregnancy; Earth-friendly industrialized farming?

GLP Podcast: Why non-smokers get cancer; Spotting diseases during pregnancy; Earth-friendly industrialized farming?

Many smokers don't get lung cancer. But why do so many non-smokers end up with the disease? A preliminary study ...
GLP Podcast: Teenage psychopaths? Cancer-free smokers; Pesticide propaganda in Europe

GLP Podcast: Teenage psychopaths? Cancer-free smokers; Pesticide propaganda in Europe

Are young people more likely to display narcissistic and psychopathic traits? If so, why? A recent study has proposed intriguing ...
Human technological innovation arose in a variety of prehistoric human civilizations

Human technological innovation arose in a variety of prehistoric human civilizations

For the first few million years of human evolution, technologies changed slowly. Some three million years ago, our ancestors were ...
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What are the Challenges Facing Modern Farming Around the World?

Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer of the GlobalFarmer Network | June 12, 2018Highlights: Agricultural biotech solutions are being denied to ...
GLP Podcast: Vitamin-D boosted CRISPR tomatoes; Don't fear monkeypox; Environmentalism is anti-technology

GLP Podcast: Vitamin-D boosted CRISPR tomatoes; Don’t fear monkeypox; Environmentalism is anti-technology

Consumers in the UK may soon have access to a gene-edited tomato that boosts their vitamin D levels. Monkeypox is ...
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How the Green Party-Led Anti-Biotechnology Movement Captured German Policy and Why it Endangers Germany’s Future Innovation in Gene Editing

Wolfgang Nellen, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Kassel | June 27, 2018Highlights:Green Party’s opposition to biotechnology innovation began with its ...