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"Express federal preemption of state food safety laws would be unprecedented, contrary to the shared federal-state power to protect public health and safety..."
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February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Good news, even if years (or decades) too late:
FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods
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FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods
Federal health officials will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products. The U.S.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Here's the Trump administration's latest sweetheart favor to the pesticide industry.
Contentious Herbicide Is Greenlit in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda
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Contentious Herbicide Is Greenlit in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda
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February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Defense Intelligence Agency considered lab leak scenario in March 2020, new records show
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Defense Intelligence Agency considered lab leak scenario in March 2020, new records show
Newly released FOIA records show the Defense Intelligence Agency evaluated a detailed COVID lab-origin scenario tied to a Wuhan lab in March 2020.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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garyruskin.bsky.social
Here's today's way you can tell that the Trump administration is in the pocket of the pesticide industry.
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Our fact sheet on dicamba.
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EPA set to reapprove dicamba, an herbicide previously banned by courts
A draft EPA statement obtained by The Post acknowledges concerns from some growers and environmentalists.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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"Pacifiers can release bisphenol A, a chemical linked to hormone disruption and developmental problems, with the highest levels found in one marketed as “BPA-free,” a new study shows."
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Pacifiers, even those labeled “BPA-free,” expose babies to toxic chemical, study finds
Pacifiers—even "BPA-free" ones—can release bisphenol A, a chemical linked to hormone disruption and developmental problems, a new study shows.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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A growing wave of peer-reviewed studies supports the same troubling conclusion: When private equity incentives collide with clinical care, patients – especially those who are sicker, poorer, or harder to treat – are more likely to be killed or harmed. usrtk.org/healthwire/w... #healthwire
When profit kills: How private equity is eroding health care
Peer-reviewed studies link private equity takeovers to more deaths and medical complications in nearly every corner of healthcare.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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When profit kills: How private equity is eroding health care
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When profit kills: How private equity is eroding health care
Peer-reviewed studies link private equity takeovers to more deaths and medical complications in nearly every corner of healthcare.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Big Food brands were once owned by the world’s largest tobacco firms - and evidence shows they are using the same tactics to formulate and market food products that they used to get people hooked on cigarettes. usrtk.org/ultra-proces...
Some ultra-processed foods are as addictive as cigarettes and cocaine
Ultra-processed foods are industrially formulated with added sugar, additives and flavorings to be highly rewarding and even addictive.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Why "highly processed foods" are a major public health problem. We're tracking the science here. usrtk.org/ultra-proces...
Ultra-processed foods tied to cancer, diabetes, dementia, depression, early death, and more
Hundreds of scientific studies show that ultra-processed foods are linked to early death and serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes, dementia, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, liver ...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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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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See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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garyruskin.bsky.social
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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"U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit that did yeoman’s work in finding documents through Freedom of Information Act requests..." Great exposé by @mitpress.bsky.social on Coca Cola's "audacious scheme" to keep soda profits flowing thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-coca-col...
How Coca-Cola’s Calories-Out Myth Backfired Spectacularly
The soda giant astroturfed a campaign meant to shift blame from sugar to sedentary lifestyles. Instead, it sparked a PR nightmare.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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In case you missed this... World’s most used insecticides (neonicotinoids) damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say usrtk.org/healthwire/n... Read the latest news from #RighttoKnow #Healthwire
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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December 9, 2025 at 5:06 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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A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday over serious ethical issues including secret authorship by Monsanto employees usrtk.org/pesticides/l...
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 5:45 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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December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM