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Diquat herbicide poisons the gut, may severely damage other organs, research shows
Diquat, an herbicide banned in the European Union but still widely used in the U.S., damages the intestines and may also trigger a harmful chain reaction in the rest of the body—injuring the liver,…
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10mPesticide lobby touts MAHA report rollback as its biggest win of 2025
CropLife America successfully lobbied the MAHA Commission to remove proposed pesticide restrictions from its final strategy, marking a significant victory for the chemical industry over public health initiatives.
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22mHow food companies turn taxpayer-funded school meals into a market for ultra-processed foods
Ultra-processed food companies heavily market their products and brands through a program that lets schools send fresh USDA-supplied ingredients for processing. Most become convenience foods, including ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to many health harms.
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9mBabies exposed to microplastics and hormone-disrupting chemicals through formula, plastic bottles, infant feeding supplies
Babies may consume millions of microplastics and traces of harmful chemicals through infant formula, plastic bottles, and other feeding products.
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24mBefore COVID, an NIH lab chief proposed making a SARS-like bat virus more infectious
On a Sunday morning in October 2019, the chief of the virus ecology unit at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories emailed a postdoctoral scientist in his lab with an idea.
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11mDrug company gifts, meals, and payments to doctors lead to worse prescribing, review of 93 studies finds
Gifts, payments, free meals, and other marketing ploys by pharmaceutical companies heavily influence doctors to prescribe more drugs, choose less appropriate treatments, and drive up prescription costs, according to a systematic review of 93 studies.