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Gary Ruskin
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executive director of U.S. Right to Know, working to expose corporate wrongdoing and government failures threatening our health, food and environment.
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Ubiquitous’ flame retardants are linked to higher heart disease risks, major review finds.
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‘Ubiquitous’ flame retardants are linked to higher heart disease risks, major review finds
Flame-retardant chemicals widely used in furniture, electronics and textiles are increasingly linked to heart disease, a new study shows.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don’t explain, new study says.
Food additives, packaging chemicals, and processing methods may drive disease risk, even as food safety rules fail to catch up.
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Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don't explain, new study says
Ultra-processed foods may harm health because of what they contain but also how they are manufactured to promote overconsumption and maximize profits.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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China banned it, but still sells controversial weed killer in America.
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China banned it, but still sells controversial weed killer in America
Despite being banned in China, a dangerous pesticide that endangers farmworkers is flowing from Chinese manufacturers into the United States.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Is RFK Jr. backing Big Food’s drive to overturn tough new state laws?
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Is RFK Jr. backing Big Food's drive to overturn tough new state laws?
Is Bobby Kennedy Jr. changing his position on tough new state food safety laws to back the ultra-processed food industry?
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December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Social media fuels smoking and vaping among children, especially girls, study shows.
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Social media fuels smoking and vaping among children, especially girls, study shows
The more time teens spend on social media, the higher their risk of using cigarettes or e-cigarettes — and potentially developing serious health problems.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals contaminate breast milk, global review shows; scientists say breastfeeding is still best.
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals contaminate breast milk, global review shows; scientists say breastfeeding is still best
Breast milk from mothers worldwide contains a wide range of endocrine disrupting chemicals, but breastfeeding still remains best, global study shows.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems.
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Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems
A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says.
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Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified the herbicide atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Judith Enck on the problem with plastic
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Judith Enck on the Problem with Plastic - Corporate Crime Reporter
Plastic is everywhere – wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins. What began as a marvel of modern science has become a toxic industry that is affecting our ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Higher screen time linked to brain abnormalities and ADHD symptoms in children, study shows.
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Higher screen time linked to brain abnormalities and ADHD symptoms in children, study shows
More screen time may worsen attention and harm brain structural development in children, a new large-scale study suggests.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say
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World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say
Neonicotinoid insecticides cause reproductive toxicity in lab animals, raising concerns about damage to human fertility, according to a new review.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Big Food launches ‘transparency’ campaign to block tough new food safety laws
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Big Food launches 'transparency' campaign to block tough new food safety laws
The world’s largest food and beverage companies have a new campaign to help them to keep profiting from manufacturing unhealthy foods.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk. Even a small drop in NO2 pollution might mean 9,500 fewer U.S. breast cancer cases each year.
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Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk
Women who live in areas with more air pollution may face a higher risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new, large-scale study.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"This study provides additional evidence that prenatal exposure to IMI [imidacloprid] at relatively low doses can impact anxiety-like behavior and cognition..."
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November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Americans for Ingredient Transparency: Product defense for unhealthy ultra-processed foods.
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Americans for Ingredient Transparency: Product defense for unhealthy ultra-processed foods
AFIT is funded by large ultra-processed food and beverage companies, including General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt.
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The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Propylparaben, a widely used preservative found in shampoos, lotions, packaged foods, and pharmaceuticals, may harm ovarian function and reduce fertility across generations, according to new research."
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Common preservative may harm female fertility across generations, study finds
A widely used preservative found in shampoos, lotions, packaged foods, and pharmaceuticals, may reduce fertility across generations, a new study shows.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Yet another reason to avoid feeding sugar to babies and young children: "Early life sugar restriction was associated with lower risks of myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality"
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Exposure to sugar rationing in first 1000 days after conception and long term cardiovascular outcomes: natural experiment study
Objective To examine whether exposure to sugar rationing during early life is associated with a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in adulthood. Design Natural experiment study. Settin...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The "Parkinson pandemic ['s]... human-made nature is also increasingly clear as more studies tie environmental toxicants to the disease. Chief among these are certain pesticides..."
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October 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Trump delivers another victory for the swamp.
From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules
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From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules
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October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Are your baby’s clothes toxic? New study finds harmful chemicals in infant textiles.
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Are your baby’s clothes toxic? New study finds harmful chemicals in infant textiles
Baby clothing may expose infants to hundreds of chemicals used in everything from plastics to pesticides — including some known to be toxic, a new study shows.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety. "the potential outcome would be a new, deeply flawed radiation standard as much as a thousand times weaker than the current standard..."
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President Trump's radical attack on radiation safety - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
If President Trump's executive order results in a new public radiation exposure limit of around 10 rem—that opponents to the linear no-threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure often advocate for—t...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Two tobacco companies among those trying to cozy up to Trump at his ballroom dinner fundraiser:
Altria Group Inc.
Reynolds American Inc.

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Exclusive | Trump Hosts Corporate Ballroom Donors at Glitzy White House Dinner
The event included representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Polling shows strong support for MAHA priorities of cracking down on chemical additives and added sugars in food, and ultra-processed food in general.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Trump's NIH plows ahead with bat lab to fuel virus research in U.S. Bats would be used in Ebola, Marburg, COVID virus studies at American labs.
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And our reporting:
How safe are the biolabs at Colorado State?
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Trump’s NIH plows ahead with bat lab to fuel virus research in U.S.
The Trump administration is moving to wind down many taxpayer-funded animal experiments, but a controversial bat virus lab in Colorado is still powering forward with a new infusion of millions of doll...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM