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Toward an EU Ultra-Processed Food Directive
Is the European Commission Able to Understand Basic Risk Management Principles?
Oct 30 • 
David Zaruk
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Journalists Sell Off Science to Sell a Story (and their Souls)
The War on Science Started with Agenda-Driven Activists and their Journalists
Oct 26 • 
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EU Food Science Authority Condemns Bad Microplastic Studies
EFSA shows how most microplastic studies were deficient, unreliable and corrupted
Oct 24 • 
David Zaruk
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EU Food Science Authority Condemns Bad Microplastic Studies
Oct 24 • David Zaruk
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Why is Harm Reduction such a Hard Sell?
Jun 23 • David Zaruk
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Beyond Plastics: A Phantom NGO
Aug 11 • David Zaruk
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The WHO's Attack on Reduced Harm
Jun 27 • David Zaruk
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The Global Glyphosate Study: Another Ramazzini Travesty of Science
Aug 6 • Robert Tarone
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The Crab Cake Cliff
A little-known federal law could ban your favorite seafood.
Oct 23 • 
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Collusion: WAMC Plagiarism Scandal Exposes Media Bias and Ethical Decay
Reporters shouldn't copy and paste NGO press releases.
Oct 15 • 
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Vapocrisy
Ten Hypocrisies on Tobacco Harm Reduction
Oct 12 • 
David Zaruk
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Can Mike Bloomberg Buy the American Legal System?
A group of Wisconsin dairy farmers may be all that stands between the rule of law and billionaire-branded attorneys general.
Oct 8 • 
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The Precautionary Principle and Harm Reduction
What the European Commission Continues to Get so Badly Wrong on Risk Management
Oct 8 • 
David Zaruk
12
Gold Standard Science
Does Trump's Science Executive Order Meet the Challenge?
Oct 3 • 
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TylenoTORT: The Litigation Industry's Role in US Health Policy
Linking Acetaminophen to Autism Was Never About the Science
Sep 28 • 
David Zaruk
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