The year 2018 began much like every year does, full of promise and hope. And it ended like almost every year does, jaded and weakened by compromise. read more
read moreDoes the world need another sweetener? With debates raging over cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, raw sugar, and numerous zero-calorie alternatives to sugar, new products would seem to be just another thing for Center for Science in the Public Interest to manufacture lawsuits about.The debate may be why Brazzein, from the fruit of the West African Pentadiplandra brazzeana plant, never got any...
read moreIn Science Left Behind I showed that in America it was easy to accurately correlate beliefs about science to political viewpoints. If you believed in psychics, witchcraft, organic food or homeopathy, statistically I could be determine how you voted. If you believed in GMOs and vaccines I also knew how you voted. But everyone hates the word "chemical."That is why it is fertile ground for...
read moreMarta Venier, an environmentalist at Indiana University, recently teamed up with a Michigan activist group to "test" car seats and declared they had toxic chemicals.Obviously that is media clickbait but if you are reading here, you want to know science truth and will leave the fake news to Mother Jones. So let's get to itIn 2018, we can detect anything in anythingread...
read moreIn 2017, action star Chuck Norris and his wife Gena sued 11 companies for $10 million over gadolinium used in her MRIs, stating she was poisoned by the contrast agent.read more
read moreMommy shaming and chemophobia have long found common cause when it comes to the cosmetics industry.Though mercenary, it is understandable why companies that make labels "certifying" something safe, and activists raising money touting our doom, prey on expectant parents; they are easy targets. Being a new parent is scary. Books are basically useless and 'better safe than sorry' is a well-worn...
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