Richard Williams

President Trump recently signed an Executive Order that expands U.S. production of glyphosate, a herbicide contained in commercial and domestic ...

Ultra-processed foods now make up more than 50% of the American diet. They are also less expensive and better tasting ...

Vive les différences. A new health study has found that the classic recommendation of eight hours of sleep may not ...

[On December 2, 2025], San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed what he calls a “first of its kind” lawsuit ...

Chemophobia—an excessive fear of chemicals—is everywhere today, particularly for food. It manifests itself in fads like “clean” eating, avoiding ingredients ...

There is a growing debate about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) —products designed for shelf life and taste, typically high in added ...

Both regulations and toxic tort decisions, being guided by an antiquated Precautionary Principle, routinely seek to lower exposure to potential ...

Some day you may be on a jury trial, and it may be about “toxic” chemicals.  Although you may be ...

When regulating toxic substances, we first identify a risk (aim), and then, and only then, take action to reduce that ...

One of the lessons from our recent national election is that we are a nation of individuals, not demographics. We change over ...

Gaslighting has now become a popular term again based on telling people not to believe what their lying eyes are telling them ...

For virtually everything in life, we face decisions about whether we should “sweat the small stuff.” No doubt, most may ...

Giving everyone that is overweight or obese access to one of the new diet drugs would increase deficit spending from ...

It’s time for scientific bodies and institutions to more forcefully weigh in when science is too far behind media and ...

People like the taste of meat and that alone explains why we have plant-based and other alternative forms of meat ...

Nutritionists are trying to get us to eat healthier, particularly to lose weight or maintain it after having lost it ...

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 ...

There’s a new grocery store opening up in my hometown, McLean, VA. It’s called Lidl (pronounced Lee-dul), and it’s headquartered ...

Salmon are iconic keystone species across the northern Pacific and Atlantic basins. Salmon is also a prized human delicacy. Wild ...

I loved the movie Erin Brockovich played by Julia Roberts who played a lawyer’s assistant fighting the interplay of corporate greed ...

The origin of the term “better safe than sorry” goes back to a book written in 1837, Rory O’More. The rest ...

There is a lot of misunderstanding of the sciences involving food, including genetic engineering, pesticide risks, and the idea that ...

Now that COVID-19 is winding down, perhaps it’s time to go back to trying to do something about our country’s ...

There is a symmetry between COVID-19 and the vaccines that is worth noting. It comes from the concept of risk, ...

Should we be fair to chemical manufacturers when they are sued? First of all, who are they? Since everything in ...

It seems like we might have a vaccine on the way and some of this madness will stop. But, like everything ...

Those who simply say “follow the science” often believe we should follow a ‘precautionary principle’ when we determine coronavirus policy—to make ...

Some people fear sharks more than cars, although the probability of dying in a car is over 30,000 times higher. And ...