‘Major victory for public health:’ Court orders Trump EPA to ban pesticide that harms...
"Children, farmworkers, rural families, and science are all huge winners today... EPA's job is to protect public health, not industry profits."
National Liberal Groups to Push ‘Record’ Number of 2016 Ballot Measures
This year, national liberal groups are pushing ballot measures to tackle issues, such as gun control, marijuana legalization and increasing the minimum wage, that prove popular in polls but that politicians have generally avoided.
Monsanto secretly funded glyphosate studies, watchdog finds
"Citizens, media and decision-makers should know who pays for studies on subjects of public interest."
Worries about foreign ‘hacking’ of vaccine research place corporate profits ahead of public health
The Times fully admits that this alleged hacking would not harm U.S. public health, but only the profits of U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
Dis versus mis-information: Unexpected insights from Covid-19
Challenging false arguments/claims has never been more important, and yet more arduous.
How taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
Water Water Everywhere…
I just interviewed former World Bank staff member and geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig via telephone at his home in Geneva. Koenig had...
Mexico’s methane emissions threaten the environment
In 2013, Mexico emitted 126 million tons of methane into the atmosphere.
The Rise of the Food eVangelist
Highly opinionated consumers account for a growing percentage of the global market.
Industry studies show evidence of bias and misleading conclusions on widely used insecticide: Scientists
Data just doesn't add up behind industry conclusions on chlorpyrifos – a controversial insecticide linked to brain impacts for children.