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J&J: Please Don’t Feed The Predatorts
Billion-dollar settlements with the litigation industry only encourage more junk science and more extortion
Jul 31
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David Zaruk
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The Activists Fighting Big Industry
For public outrage to flourish, activists need a simple, unified perception of evil corporations. They have no idea what industry is.
Jul 29
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David Zaruk
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Lighthouse Reports Serves an Ultra-Processed Nothing Burger
Another thinly-veiled activist mercenary report funded by Michael Bloomberg to promote higher sugary food and drink taxes
Jul 23
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David Zaruk
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The Crab Cake Cliff
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EU Food Science Authority Condemns Bad Microplastic Studies
Oct 24, 2025
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David Zaruk
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The Plastic Detox – A Review
Mar 18
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David Zaruk
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Beyond Plastics: A Phantom NGO
Aug 11, 2025
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David Zaruk
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The Great Glyphosate Food Fight
Feb 23
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The Immorality of Strategic Litigation
How an alliance of greed and opportunism has poisoned activists, science and the media
Jul 21
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David Zaruk
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An Environmentalist Postmortem
Being an environmentalist was once a profession; now it’s a stigma
Jul 19
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David Zaruk
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The Brussels Ventriloquist Act
In which the European Commission pays "civil society" to tell the European Commission what the European Commission wants to hear — and the grid melts…
Jul 14
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THE FIREBREAK
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Where Have all the Activists Gone?
After the Downfall, We Need to Define the Post-NGO World
Jul 8
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David Zaruk
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The Death of Public Engagement
Why an AI Consultation Will Never Happen (and What we Can Learn From That)
Jun 30
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David Zaruk
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Climate Etc.: Much more than an "et cetera"
A eulogy to scientific courage standing up to Big Climate’s political activism
Jun 24
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David Zaruk
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Glory Days Gone By
How Predatort law firm, Wisner Baum, got caught promoting a film about … Wisner Baum
Jun 19
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David Zaruk
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