Hank Campbell
Smokers are less likely to get COVID: French researchers explore whether nicotine might prevent transmission
As we are hopefully exiting the third coronavirus pandemic of the last 17 years, it is time to consider that ...
Viewpoint: ‘Silent Earth’ cynically peddles scientifically unsupported insect apocalypse hysteria to nakedly promote organic agenda
To most people, food production, home ownership, and energy don't have much in common, but in the hands of 'science ...
Viewpoint: IARC — International Agency for Research on Cancer — tries to regroup after blunders on glyphosate and chemical evaluations undermine its former independent reputation
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in France was once one of the most respected epidemiology groups in ...
‘What isn’t an endocrine disruptor?’ Silent Spring Institute claims hundreds of common chemicals cause breast cancer — but the science is lacking
A study by the Silent Spring Institute (1), with funding from the politically sympathetic National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ...
Viewpoint: Heard reports that dozens of environmental chemicals found in pregnant women pose health dangers? It’s junk science, and here’s why
Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, of the University of California San Francisco, frequent collaborator of anti-vaccine activist and organic industry trade ...
Viewpoint: Biden Interior Secretary’s opposition to pesticides and GM crops puts endangered species in jeopardy
Deb Haaland’s nomination to head the Interior Department has advanced to the full Senate, but the New Mexico representative weathered ...
Viewpoint: USDA data show the predicted ‘Beepocalypse’ has been postponed another year
The latest numbers on honeybee colonies have been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and they show that the ...
Viewpoint: Evidence or ‘junk science’—Will the Biden Administration ban essential pesticides experts say are safe?
Within days of being sworn in, President Joe Biden elevated the science adviser to the president to Cabinet rank, with ...
Once battling starvation, some developing countries now face rising obesity rates. What’s causing it?
In 1975, four percent of school-age kids were overweight and the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration says that was up to ...
Sketchy vegan-promoting physicians group produces study attacking ‘blood type’ diet – and it’s surprisingly rigorous and convincing
Nearly every sort of diet has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list by now, all claiming to have ...
Viewpoint: UK decision to rescind neonics pesticide restrictions a welcome win for science
Activists like George Monbiot and Dave Goulson are parroting their environmental allies when it comes to neonics, but the science ...
Viewpoint: Why organic farming won’t help preserve the world’s biodiversity
A recent paper finds that if just 15 percent of farmland reverted to nature, it would wipe out nearly a third ...
Viewpoint: Self-diagnosed celiac disease is just the latest diet obsession of wealthy white people
There are people who are allergic to gluten. But the recent surge in self-diagnosed Celiac sufferers is little more than ...
Viewpoint: California activists ‘gamed system’ to get glyphosate herbicide labeled as carcinogen
Environmental activists found the perfect targets to help them defame the popular herbicide glyphosate — widely-accepted as safe — in ...
Food Evolution’s NYC premiere proof science and reason can win over GMO skeptics
Change is hard. But a skeptical New York City crowd's reaction to Food Evolution, a new documentary about GMOs, provides ...