Richard Williams
Viewpoint: Weighing the costs of relying on government-reimbursements to address America’s ballooning fat problem
Giving everyone that is overweight or obese access to one of the new diet drugs would increase deficit spending from ...
Viewpoint: ‘Following sensationalism’ — How media distort science, influencing courts and regulators
It’s time for scientific bodies and institutions to more forcefully weigh in when science is too far behind media and ...
Viewpoint: The still-shaky future of the alternative meat markets
People like the taste of meat and that alone explains why we have plant-based and other alternative forms of meat ...
4 in ten Americans are obese. Producers need to harness biotechnology to make spinach as tasty as popcorn
Nutritionists are trying to get us to eat healthier, particularly to lose weight or maintain it after having lost it ...
Protecting wild salmon and other aquatic species: Success of AquaAdvantage salmon shows sustainable aquaculture will lean heavily on advanced breeding and biotechnology
Wild salmon are in trouble worldwide. Many Pacific and Atlantic populations have disappeared or declined to record lows. But as we and a group of ...
A new European-based organic grocery store came to town. Why does it misrepresent the advantages of organic and the disadvantages of GMO foods?
There’s a new grocery store opening up in my hometown, McLean, VA. It’s called Lidl (pronounced Lee-dul), and it’s headquartered ...
How genetically-engineered salmon could help preserve wild populations — if it isn’t blocked by anti-GMO activist groups
Salmon are iconic keystone species across the northern Pacific and Atlantic basins. Salmon is also a prized human delicacy. Wild ...
Viewpoint: When it comes to chemical safety, there’s a difference between ‘movie science’ and the real thing
I loved the movie Erin Brockovich played by Julia Roberts who played a lawyer’s assistant fighting the interplay of corporate greed ...
Instituted to protect our food, the ‘precautionary principle’ often perpetuates fears and does more harm than good
The origin of the term “better safe than sorry” goes back to a book written in 1837, Rory O’More. The rest ...
Irrational fears of food irradiation still peddled by ‘environmental’ activists
There is a lot of misunderstanding of the sciences involving food, including genetic engineering, pesticide risks, and the idea that ...
By 2030, nearly half of Americans will be classified as obese: From gene manipulation to lifestyle changes, here are rays of hope
Now that COVID-19 is winding down, perhaps it’s time to go back to trying to do something about our country’s ...
Risk and the COVID vaccine: Don’t unduly scare yourself by focusing on the number of infections or potential allergic reactions
There is a symmetry between COVID-19 and the vaccines that is worth noting. It comes from the concept of risk, ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate-cancer trials illustrate how tort lawyers undermine science in the courtroom
Should we be fair to chemical manufacturers when they are sued? First of all, who are they? Since everything in ...
How to assess the real safety risks of getting a COVID vaccine shot
It seems like we might have a vaccine on the way and some of this madness will stop. But, like everything ...
Viewpoint: Setting pandemic guidelines, policymakers should be informed by science, not just follow the ‘precautionary principle’
Those who simply say “follow the science” often believe we should follow a ‘precautionary principle’ when we determine coronavirus policy—to make ...
Personalized medicine and precision nutrition: Biases distort how individuals respond to health risks
Some people fear sharks more than cars, although the probability of dying in a car is over 30,000 times higher. And ...
Viewpoint: How hazard-designation agency WHO’s IARC—International Agency for Research on Cancer—misleads regulators and the public
[W]ood dust, solar radiation (the sun), soot, very hot beverages, night shift work and Ginko biloba… can give you cancer ...
Podcast: AI-powered nutrition devices could cut exploding obesity rates. Will FDA rules keep them off the market?
Medical devices powered by artificial intelligence could help overweight people customize diets based on their biomarkers ...
