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Texas Man and Dairy Cattle Test Positive for Bird Flu

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
avian flu test
A man in Texas has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu after direct exposure to infected dairy cattle. While this is ...

Drinking Water Fluoridation: Is It Safe?

by Natasha Hobley
girl drinking water
Experts have called the practice of adding the chemical compound fluoride to drinking water as “safe and effective” for decades. The U.S ...

Antidepressant Prescriptions for Young Females Dramatically Increased During COVID Pandemic

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
antidepressant capsules
A study recently published in the journal Pediatrics found that antidepressant use in young people 12-25 years old rose 64 percent during ...

Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Strokes and Heart Attacks

by Amber Baker
Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Strokes and Heart Attacks
Marijuana use of any kind, including smoking, vaping or consuming edibles, is linked to a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks, ...

FDA Proposes Banning Food Additive BVO

by Natasha Hobley
brominated vegetable oil
Following California’s lead, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to ban the food additive brominated vegetable oil (BVO). Toxicology ...

Pancreatic Cancer Increasing More in Young Women Than Men in the U.S. and U.K.

by Rishma Parpia
pancreatic cancer
Data from Cancer Research U.K. (CRUK) showed that, since the 1990s, the rates of pancreatic cancer have significantly risen by up to ...

Agricultural Pesticide Found in 80 Percent of Americans Tested

by Rishma Parpia
spraying toxic pesticide on crops
A new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology reported the detection of chlormequat chloride—an agricultural pesticide known ...

Microplastics in Products Harm Human Health and the Environment

by Natasha Hobley
eating microplastics
The term “microplastics” is one that most people likely rarely heard 20 years ago. Now it’s one that is commonly seen in ...

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