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Analysis: Do neonicotinoid and glyphosate pesticides threaten bees? A reassessment

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
"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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GLP podcast and video: Hawaii’s wildfires explained; Why more young people are getting cancer; Aspartame hysteria could boost sugar intake

Cameron English, Liza Dunn&nbsp|&nbsp
Invasive grasses are the key to unraveling the cause of Hawaii's devastating wildfires, according to a local expert examining the ...
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GLP podcast and video: Eating meat = cannibalism? Glyphosate safety reaffirmed (again); The science-free campaign against aspartame

Cameron English, Liza Dunn&nbsp|&nbsp
Is meat-eating analogous to human sacrifice? One Washington Post contributor says yes, but how strong is her case? Another expert ...
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GLP podcast and video: Aspartame doesn’t cause cancer; Alcohol is good…and bad for you? An expert checklist for spotting health scares

Cameron English, Liza Dunn&nbsp|&nbsp
Does the sweetener aspartame, found in all sorts of foods and drinks, cause cancer? Controversy over the chemical's safety has ...
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GLP podcast and video: Ice cream cuts obesity risk? Anti-vaccine study retracted; If you’re afraid of chemicals, quit drinking alcohol

Cameron English, Liza Dunn&nbsp|&nbsp
Could ice cream reduce your risk of diabetes and obesity? A surprising amount of evidence supports that hypothesis. How do ...
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Does IVF increase the risk of breast or ovarian cancer by as much as 65%, as some studies claim?

Tim Barker&nbsp|&nbsp
Statistics related to medical risks and care often unnecessarily frighten people, and lousy journalism doesn't help ...
Podcast: 'Regenerative' farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Podcast: ‘Regenerative’ farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
So-called "regenerative" farming is gaining traction as a method of sustainable food production. Does it live up to the hype ...
Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID 'groupthink'

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

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
CRISPR gene editing has already proved to be a useful biomedical tool, but a recent study indicates it may damage ...
GLP Podcast: Teenage psychopaths? Cancer-free smokers; Pesticide propaganda in Europe

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

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Are young people more likely to display narcissistic and psychopathic traits? If so, why? A recent study has proposed intriguing ...
GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?

GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
A controversial study recently suggested that artificial sweetener consumption may be linked to elevated cancer risk. Have food-safety regulators overlooked ...
GLP Podcast: Trauma changes your DNA? Lifelike sex robots; Have we cured leukemia?

GLP Podcast: Trauma changes your DNA? Lifelike sex robots; Have we cured leukemia?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Can traumatic life experiences leave an imprint on our DNA that we pass down to our children? Get ready, because ...
GLP Podcast: Science 'flip-flops'; Pig-to-human organ transplants; Glyphosate lawsuits and tort reform

GLP Podcast: Science ‘flip-flops’; Pig-to-human organ transplants; Glyphosate lawsuits and tort reform

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
An expert advisory panel recently revised the decades-old recommendation to take aspirin daily to prevent a first heart attack or ...
GLP Podcast: Smoking prevents COVID? CRISPR and nuclear weapons; Bayer wins first glyphosate case

GLP Podcast: Smoking prevents COVID? CRISPR and nuclear weapons; Bayer wins first glyphosate case

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Smokers appear to face a reduced risk of catching COVID-19. Does their deadly habit offer them some sort of protection? ...
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Another study finds glyphosate herbicide kills tumor cells. Is the much-maligned weedkiller a cancer fighter?

Cameron English&nbsp|&nbsp
If Roundup or one of its ingredients turns out to be an effective cancer treatment, it would be a stunning ...
Podcast: Bad science in the headlines—Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat explains how to spot flawed research on Google News

Podcast: Bad science in the headlines—Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat explains how to spot flawed research on Google News

Cameron English, Geoffrey Kabat, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
A just-published study found that consuming two or more sugar-sweetened beverages in a day is linked to a doubling of ...
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Podcast: GMO ‘terminator’ seeds debunked; ‘Alternative medicine’ harms women; Cancer-fighting CRISPR beer?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Anti-GMO advocates have for years warned about the dangers of genetically modified, sterile "terminator" seeds. But there's a problem: these ...
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Podcast: ‘Greedy’ factory farms? Milk without cows; Vaccine for melanoma

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Farms are larger today than ever before, but it's not because they're "greedy factory farms." Milk of the future might ...
Podcast: Brushing your teeth keeps you young? Ageing research uncovers new clues in the quest to live a longer, healthier life

Podcast: Brushing your teeth keeps you young? Ageing research uncovers new clues in the quest to live a longer, healthier life

Andrew Steele, Kat Arney, Raheleh Rahbari&nbsp|&nbsp
Dr Kat Arney takes a look at the biological changes that underpin ageing, and how we can use this knowledge ...
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Viewpoint: Impossible and Beyond Burgers are delicious, but are they good for you?

Chana Davis&nbsp|&nbsp
The leading companies offering fake meat are mission-driven, with vegan roots. Any benefits to human health are icing on the ...
Podcast: Trans women in female-only sports; Men and women need distinct brain tumor therapies; Illegal GMOs in Peru

Podcast: Trans women in female-only sports; Men and women need distinct brain tumor therapies; Illegal GMOs in Peru

Cameron English, Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
Should trans women be allowed to compete in female-only sports? It's a polarizing question with no easy answer in a ...
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Sweeping glyphosate-cancer settlement could leave many plaintiffs with just ‘a few thousand dollars’

Carey Gillam&nbsp|&nbsp
Monsanto owner Bayer AG is making progress toward a sweeping settlement of thousands of U.S. lawsuits brought by people alleging ...
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Glyphosate: Deadly ‘poison,’ or biodiversity protection tool? Environmentalists split over controversial weedkiller

Graham Readfern&nbsp|&nbsp
.... [A]way from lawsuits and petitions, there are concerns among some opponents of Australia’s invasive weeds that glyphosate – a ...
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Bayer makes ‘substantial progress’ in settling more glyphosate-cancer suits, but other cases may go to trial

Jonathan Stempel&nbsp|&nbsp
A court-appointed mediator on [Nov, 9] said Bayer AG has made "substantial progress" toward resolving tens of thousands of remaining ...
France pledged to ban glyphosate, but regulators say phasing out weedkiller probably isn’t possible

France pledged to ban glyphosate, but regulators say phasing out weedkiller probably isn’t possible

Gil Rivière Wekstein&nbsp|&nbsp
The long-awaited publication of the latest report from the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) concerning ...
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Bayer close to resolving 88,500 glyphosate-cancer suits, but settlement costs rise by $2 billion

Joel Rosenblatt, Tim Loh&nbsp|&nbsp
[Bayer’s legal bills] keep rising with costs to handle future [Roundup] lawsuits expected to surge to $2 billion. The German ...
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EPA backs Bayer appeal in glyphosate-cancer case, arguing juries shouldn’t override expert scientific judgments

Mateusz Perkowski&nbsp|&nbsp
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is backing the Monsanto Co.’s claim that federal law should have pre-empted a lawsuit alleging ...
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