Urgent action is needed to protect public health from alcohol industry influence and to curb alcohol-related disease and death, according to international researchers. The post Alcohol industry uses tobacco tactics to downplay deadly risks and block reforms, studies show appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
A leading molecular geneticist explains how his research challenges claims that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to non-GMOs — the foundation of U.S. regulations for GMOs — and how regulators are ignoring modern scientific tests and methods that can help us better understand health risks of GMOs and pesticides. The post Not substantially equivalent: New scientific methods challenge claims that GMOs are safe (Professor Antoniou interview part 2) appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics says it is the world’s largest organization of nutrition and dietetics practitioners. This fact sheet examines the Academy’s relationship with ultra-processed food, beverage, pesticide and pharmaceutical corporations, which includes accepting contributions from these companies, and even investing in them. Evidence from the Academy’s own internal documents suggest the group ... Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Corporate capture of the nutrition p...| U.S. Right to Know
Pesticides banned years ago in the European Union are drifting through the skies and turning up in clouds above France, raising concerns about how long these toxins persist and how far they can travel, with potentially harmful global health impacts, according to a pathbreaking new study. The post Banned pesticides found in clouds, sparking new health concerns appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
Professor Michael Antoniou, head of the Gene Expression and Therapy Group at King’s College London, describes how regulators are ignoring the health risks of stacked-trait GMOs and the combined toxicity of pesticide mixtures. The post Are GMOs safe? A molecular geneticist speaks out appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
Fact sheet on the Gates Foundation links to resources from African groups, researchers, food security experts describing Bill Gates problematic interventions in African food systems.| U.S. Right to Know
Common chemicals in plastics, personal care products, and food packaging may drive the onset, growth, and spread of breast cancer—the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women, new research suggests. The post Phthalates in everyday products may fuel breast cancer, new study warns appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
Cardiovascular disease—the world's leading cause of death—is increasingly driven by air pollution, toxic chemicals, plastics, and extreme temperatures.| U.S. Right to Know
Children, adolescents, and young adults who vape are about three times more likely to start smoking cigarettes than non-users, according to the most comprehensive study yet on the wider risks of e-cigarette use in young people. The post Vaping triples the risk of cigarette smoking in young people, a major review shows appeared first on U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
The transparency of donations to the WHO Foundation -- which raises funds and gives grants to the WHO -- has sunk over its first 3 years of operations.| U.S. Right to Know
PFAS have been linked to cancer, birth defects, liver disease, thyroid disease, decreased immunity, hormone disruption and other illnesses.| U.S. Right to Know
J&J is facing more than 50,000 lawsuits brought by people who claim that exposure to asbestos in talc-based baby powder caused their cancers.| U.S. Right to Know
A Defense Intelligence Agency analysis said the virus that causes COVID-19 could have been engineered in a Chinese lab and escaped to spawn the pandemic.| U.S. Right to Know
A new scientific test can identify and measure the amount of pig manure in dust that settled in and around neighbors’ homes.| U.S. Right to Know
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Investigating industry's impact on our health and future generations.| U.S. Right to Know
Our team has unearthed and reported on many newsworthy documents regarding uncertainty over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.| U.S. Right to Know
At U.S. Right to Know, we believe that transparency – in the food system and in politics – is crucial to building a better, healthier food system. And we walk our talk. We are not required to disclose our major donors. We do so voluntarily. Following is a list of our major donors. U.S. Right ... ...| U.S. Right to Know
US Right to Know is conducting an investigation of the food and agrichemical industries, their influence on media, regulators and policy makers, and their impacts on public health. We have co-authored articles in public health, medical and academic journals, and others have used our work in these journals.| U.S. Right to Know
Hundreds of scientific studies show that ultra-processed foods are linked to early death and serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes, dementia, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, liver and kidney disease.| U.S. Right to Know
American scientists planned to work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology to engineer novel coronaviruses with the features of SARS-CoV-2 the year before the virus emerged from that city.| U.S. Right to Know
Freedom of information documents from our investigation into the origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function and biolab risks.| U.S. Right to Know
American researchers concealed their intention to conduct high-risk coronavirus research in Wuhan under lax safety standards the year before COVID-19 pandemic, according to documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know.| U.S. Right to Know
The controversy over “Proximal Origin” represents years of unanswered questions about how the Covid lab leak hypothesis was cast as a conspiracy theory.| U.S. Right to Know
This timeline compiles numerous sources to covey the backstory of the enormously influential article, "The proximal origin of SARS-Cov-2".| U.S. Right to Know
Studies linking glyphosate, the key chemical in Roundup herbicides, to cancer, liver disease, endocrine disruption and other illnesses.| U.S. Right to Know
The world's most popular sugar substitute has been linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, seizures, stroke, and weight gain. Yet regulatory agencies insist it is safe.| U.S. Right to Know