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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Bat Virus Identified in Thailand

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
flying bats
Eco-Health Alliance, the New York-based non-profit that used U.S. government money to fund gain- of-function research on coronaviruses in bats ...

Recalls of U.S. Pharmaceutical Products Highest in Decade

by Rishma Parpia
FDA approved
Pharmaceutical product recalls in the United States are projected to reach the highest they have been in more than a ...

CDC Recommends Mask Wearing Despite Evidence They Do Not Work and May Cause Harm

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
woman wearing mask
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH is recommending that Americans ...

U.S. Spends the Most on Health Care, Has Worst Health Outcomes

by Carolyn Hendler, MD
man hiding face
Despite the United States spending twice as much money on health care, the health of Americans is worse than other ...

Sleep Crisis Affects Mental Health of Students in U.S.

by Rishma Parpia
sleepy student
At least 50 percent of middle school students and 75 percent of high school students in the United States are ...

U.S. Maternal Mortality Still Climbing

by Natasha Hobley
woman in pain
The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of all developed nations and has been steadily rising ...

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