The latest example of public universities for sale:
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price. Via The Guardian Sara Sneath
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Elizabeth Hanna says she was fired by the American Diabetes Association after refusing to approve recipes heaped with sucralose/Splenda made by a major donor.
Via The Guardian Neil Barsky
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Our fact sheet on sucralose:
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.Consumer Reports found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce. Via The Guardian
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'For the first time, an association of #PFAS exposure with mortality from cardiovascular disease was formally demonstrated. The evidence regarding kidney cancer and testicular cancer is consistent with previously reported data.' Via Environmental Health
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Science editor says his journal’s “wet market” papers are not conclusive. Via Emily Kopp U.S. Right To Know
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Lead in Lunchables: “It’s a travesty that what we feed our children isn’t held up to a higher standard. They are our future and deserve better” -- Chef Ann Cooper
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'A handful of companies now control the food system of the United States, stifling competition in ways not seen since the great trusts and monopolies of the late 1890s.' By Eric Schlosser in The Atlantic
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On Friday, we filed a #FOIA lawsuit against the Defense Intelligence Agency for working papers and analyses prepared by the National Center for Medical Intelligence about the origins of COVID-19, as described in an article by Sharri Markson in the The Australian.

More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year. “It’s unfortunately becoming a bigger problem every year...” Via The New York Times Knvul Sheikh
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'Without substantive changes to agricultural policy and decision making, the next “silver-bullet” agrotechnology will likely be no more than another step on the transgene-facilitated herbicide treadmill.' #glyphosate #dicamba
Via Pest Management Science
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The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies. Coca-Cola PepsiCo
Via The New York Times Megha Rajagopalan Qadri Inzamam
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How the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against Baby Formula Regulation. Via ProPublica Heather Vogell
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Here’s my testimony for today’s U.S. Senate HSGAC hearing on “Reforming Federal Records Management to Improve Transparency and Accountability.” In the testimony, I focus on our experience investigating the origins of Covid-19, and what it says about how our federal records laws

'The US government (USG) funded and supported a program of dangerous laboratory research that may have resulted in the creation and accidental laboratory release of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the outbreak, the USG lied in order to cover up

I am scheduled to testify next Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about 'Reforming Federal Records Management to Improve Transparency and Accountability.'
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After a massive bee kill, a scientist challenges pesticide policies. Via Rebecca Raney U.S. Right To Know
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The New Science on What Ultra-Processed Food Does to Your Brain. Via The Wall Street Journal Andrea Petersen
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New Jersey state legislators try to weaken the New Jersey public records law.

Critics warn senator’s bill to amend state’s public records law would gut transparency. Via New Jersey Monitor
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Via The New York Times
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