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Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals
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For years, the only way to fight against the weedkiller Roundup has been in a courtroom. Individuals who asserted that their lives had been forever altered by cancer from the weedkiller sued its maker, Bayer, which purchased the chemical’s original manufacturer, Monsanto, by the tens of thousands. At times, juries agreed with the plaintiffs and…Continue reading Kennedy Is in the Room. But Whose Science Is on the Table?
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$53.5 billion. That is what twenty of the world’s largest grain, fertilizer, meat, and dairy companies paid their shareholders over 2021 and 2022. The United Nations estimates that it would cost about $51.5 billion to feed the 230 million most desperate, hungry people on earth. So a single slice of the food industry handed out…Continue reading $53.5 Billion: A Food System That Feeds Its Investors
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The BMJ is reporting: “A UK epidemiologist and Cochrane Collaboration researcher is suing the drug company Roche in the US, claiming that it defrauded federal and state governments by falsely claiming that its antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) could be a powerful tool in mitigating a flu pandemic. Tom Jefferson, a frequent contributor to The BMJ, is…Continue reading Cochrane Researcher Sues Roche for Claiming Tamiflu Could Slow Flu Pandemic
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By Jefferey Jaxen Are you familiar with “forever chemicals”? You should be. “Forever chemicals” are man-made chemicals and substances that do not break down after they are released into the environment and they build up in our blood and organs. Our friends at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) call these substances PFAS (from “perfluoroalkyl and…Continue reading “Forever Chemicals” Test The Fate of America’s Drinking Water
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BOSTON –The founder of the Arizona pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis which has killed almost 400,000 people. Local Boston ABC affiliate WCVB5 reports: “John Kapoor, 76, the former chairman of Insys Therapeutics,…Continue reading Insys Pharmaceutical Founder Gets 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioid, Execs Also Sentenced
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A breaking press release by The Royal Society of Medicines SAGE Publishings states, A new analysis of the clinical trials of HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer raises doubts about the vaccines’ effectiveness. The analysis, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, assessed 12 published Phase 2 and 3 randomised controlled efficacy trials…Continue reading BREAKING NEW ANALYSIS: Doubts raised about effectiveness of HPV vaccines
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By Jefferey Jaxen “We have to think about it differently than deleting misinformation.” -Prof. Heidi Larson, Ph.D., Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project Social media is the modern public square, and in 2019 it did something historically repugnant: Using the vague, dumbed down term “misinformation,” the dominating communications platforms of our time began a tricky…Continue reading WHO Admits to Failed Social Media Censorship Attempt
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