'From Germany and Spain to India and Canada, farmers are rising up to protest ... the impact of corporate mega-farms and cheap food imports, which have caused their costs to rise and their profits to fall dramatically.' csmonitor.com/World/2024/043…

Exclusive: for my latest in VANITY FAIR, I reviewed closed-door testimony that University of North Carolina coronavirologist Ralph Baric gave to Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in January. vanityfair.com/news/story/ral… /1

Wenstrup asks about the DEFUSE proposal, which some scientists liken to a blueprint for generating a virus like SARS-CoV-2 in the lab.

He is asked about USRTK FOIAs showing that he would secretly export key experiments to Wuhan and downplay Chinese involvement to the U.S.…

US, Mexican, Canadian health advocacy groups support #Mexico in #GMO corn dispute. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Víctor Suárez Conahcyt México Cdn Biotech Action Friends of the Earth (Action) Charles Benbrook Center for Food Safety Margaret Spiegelman Cassandra Garrison Stacy Malkan AFSA Semillas de Vida 🌽 Enrique thenewlede.org/2024/04/us-hea…

20 years ago today, 4/25/04 at the March for Women’s Lives in Washington DC, a group of researchers and cancer prevention advocates launched the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. I'm proud to be part of that team. Safe Cosmetics

'U.S. EPA approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer' Sharon Lerner ProPublica propublica.org/article/epa-ap…

From Consumer Reports: We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce – here’s what you need to know ...

The good news: tests found little to worry about in nearly all of the #organic foods. theguardian.com/environment/20…

So if you hoped more consumption of plant-based meat substitutes would mean less soy monocultures (for animal feed), forget it. Now they’ll be growing #GMO soy with pig genes not just to add to fake meat but to add to real sausages—in both cases to boost ultra-processed foods!

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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Nutrition expert says she was fired by the American Diabetes Association after refusing to approve recipes loaded with an artificial sweetener made by the major $ donor, Splenda. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… By Neil Barsky in the The Guardian #diabetes

'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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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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Does your make-up contain toxic forever chemicals? Researchers studied 765 personal care products and found 11 different types of #PFAS chemicals. Make-up products were most likely to contain PFAS. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Gene editing #GMO experiment halted as patient gets weird side effects bit.ly/3U706s7 via @bloomberg and Futurism futurism.com/neoscope/gene-…