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Priorities Magazine Spring 2018
The Next Plague and How Science Will Stop It
Priorities Magazine Winter 2018
Priorities Magazine Fall 2017
Little Black Book of Junk Science
Priorities Magazine Winter 2017
Should You Worry About Artificial Flavors Or Colors?
Should You Worry About Artificial Sweeteners?
Summer Health and Safety Tips
How Toxic Terrorists Scare You With Science Terms
Adult Immunization: The Need for Enhanced Utilization
Should You Worry About Salt?
Priorities Magazine Spring 2016
IARC Diesel Exhaust & Lung Cancer: An Analysis
Teflon and Human Health: Do the Charges Stick?
Helping Smokers Quit: The Science Behind Tobacco Harm Reduction
Irradiated Foods
Foods Are Not Cigarettes: Why Tobacco Lawsuits Are Not a Model for Obesity Lawsuits
The Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Review
Are "Low Dose" Health Effects of Chemicals Real?
The Effects of Nicotine on Human Health
Traditional Holiday Dinner Replete with Natural Carcinogens - Even Organic Thanksgiving Dinners
A Primer On Dental Care: Quality and Quackery
Nuclear Energy and Health And the Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation Hormesis
Priorities in Caring for Your Children: A Primer for Parents
Endocrine Disrupters: A Scientific Perspective
Good Stories, Bad Science: A Guide for Journalists to the Health Claims of "Consumer Activist" Groups
A Comparison of the Health Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Tobacco Use in America
Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Health
Irradiated Foods Fifth Edition
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I Shot the Sheriff. And I Also Bit the Deputy.
What I'm Reading (May 16)
The Media and I: 'Global Shading' to Mitigate Climate Change
RFK Jr’s Brain-Eating Worm Must’ve Had Quite an Appetite
Does Rice Farming Shape Culture?
Chris Kresser and the Grift of Nootropics Supplements
The Paradox of Capitalism: Why Disinformation Runs Rampant in the...
A New Heritage “Backgrounder” Addresses the Mix of Doctors, But Not...
Great Women of Science: Ellen Swallow Richards, Scientific Polymath
We Need Fewer Scientists And Fewer Science Journals
Aging & COVID-19: The Immune Dance of the Elderly
Can the Organic Industry Move Out from Under the Fraud Umbrella?
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I Shot the Sheriff. And I Also Bit the Deputy.
Unraveling the Myth of Ultra-Processed Foods
Teens Are Stinky. Biology, Chemistry Explain (at Least Part of) It
Mycotoxins: Invisible Dangers in Food
RFK Jr’s Brain-Eating Worm Must’ve Had Quite an Appetite
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Chemicals & Chemistry
Podcast: Pesticides, Parkinson's and the Messy Influence of Genetics
Teens Are Stinky. Biology, Chemistry Explain (at Least Part of) It
Podcast: Deadly Microplastics in Your Arteries? Not So Fast.
Fool's Gold: Looks Like Gold & Used By Fools. But it May Be Important.
Can Poisoned Hand Sanitizer Be Explained By a Moonshine Lesson?
Hangover Prevention: Hype or Hope?
The Environmental Working Group Recycles Old Tricks: Now it's a 'New' Pesticide
Podcast: Tylenol Plus Advil Combo Equals Exploitation; Phony Pesticide Scares
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Food & Nutrition
Chris Kresser and the Grift of Nootropics Supplements
Can the Organic Industry Move Out from Under the Fraud Umbrella?
Mycotoxins: Invisible Dangers in Food
Unraveling the Myth of Ultra-Processed Foods
ACSH Explains: Nootropics
Beyond the Peel
Podcast: Skipping Meals Restores Your Youth? The Science Behind Fasting.
Does Size Matter? Apparently, For Snacks, it Does
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Biomedicine & Biotech
Zombie Deer, Prion Disease & Another Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From Hell
EU Continues Its Unscientific, Anti-Innovation Regulation of Genetic Engineering
The Media and I: Enhancing the Soil to Improve Farming
Why Is Your Underwear Yellow in Front and Brown in the Back: A Chemistry Lesson From the Bowels of Hell
Could Llamas be the Answer to the 'Stomach Flu?' Not as Ridiculous as it Sounds.
The Tale of Human Insulin, FDA, and the Bureaucrat’s Mindset
Reduce Synthetic Fertilizers and Improve Yields? The Microbiome Revolution Comes to Agriculture.
Greenpeace’s Vile War on the Poor and Vulnerable
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
I Shot the Sheriff. And I Also Bit the Deputy.
Delta-8 THC: Good Luck. You'll Never Know What You're Getting.
Facebook's Dr. Feelgood & His Magical Sleep Potions
CBD Flops Big Time For Pain
Podcast: Prohibition Absurdity – Drug Warriors Take Opioids From Terminal Cancer Patients
Xolair: An Asthma Drug Also Controls Food Allergies
Naloxone and Naltrexone: Virtually Identical But Very Different
The Media and I: Historic Medical Technologies
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Policy & Ethics
RFK Jr’s Brain-Eating Worm Must’ve Had Quite an Appetite
A New Heritage “Backgrounder” Addresses the Mix of Doctors, But Not the Overall Supply
We Need Fewer Scientists And Fewer Science Journals
We Urgently Need More Organs for Transplantation. Science and Policy Can Come to the Rescue.
America’s Enormous National Debt is a Public Health Threat
Who Says There is Immunity for Compelling COVID Vaccination?
Beer, Wine, Whiskey, Cigars, and Cigarettes Are Not on the DEA’s List of Controlled Substances. Cannabis Shouldn't Be Either.
Crime and Punishment Progressive vs. Law-and-Order Prosecutors
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Harm Reduction
The Media and I: 'Global Shading' to Mitigate Climate Change
The Paradox of Capitalism: Why Disinformation Runs Rampant in the Marketplace of Ideas
A New Heritage “Backgrounder” Addresses the Mix of Doctors, But Not the Overall Supply
How Significant is the Methylene Chloride Ban?
ACSH Explains: Lifestyle Medicine
Med Mal: Who Creates the Crisis, Lawyers or the Doctors?
Battling the Tides of Social Media Misinformation
Tardigrades: Nature's Tiny Radiation Super Survivors
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Disease
Aging & COVID-19: The Immune Dance of the Elderly
Pill or Knife? The Economics of Weight-Loss Intervention
The Media and I: Viral Disease
Unveiling Metformin's Role in COVID-19 Treatment
In the Escalating Arms Race Between Viruses and Humans, New COVID Vaccines Are Critical
Pesticides and Parkinson's Disease: Playing Genetic Roulette?
HIV Needle Infections, Then And Now: An AIDS Retrospective
Avian Flu Virus is Spreading and Has Been Found in Raw Milk from Infected Cows. Should We Be Concerned?
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Mental Health & Society
It's April 8th ... Let's Celebrate Dog Farting Awareness Day!
The Things We Do For Love: The Atomic Penile Pump From Hell
Is Porn Bad For You? A Skeptical Look at NPR's Dismissive Answer
Did the Fentanyl Wave Hit Oregon Just as Voters Decriminalized Drugs?
Does Social Media Have Anything in Common with Child Porn?
Many of Our Elected Officials Are Unfit to Serve. Medical Problems Are Sometimes the Cause.
Which Came First, the Cannabis or the Schizophrenia?
Does the Moon Make Us Mad?
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Other Science News
What I'm Reading (May 16)
Does Rice Farming Shape Culture?
Great Women of Science: Ellen Swallow Richards, Scientific Polymath
What I'm Reading (May 9)
Flicker Fusion is 'More Than Meets the Eye'
What I'm Reading (May 2)
The Media and I: 'Oppenheimer'
What I'm Reading (Apr. 25)
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Parents & Kids
To Lunchable or Not to Lunchable?
Problematic Pregnancy: Are Doulas a Solution?
Modern Salem-Witch Trials: Acetaminophen Actions for Autism
Are We Facing Another Coronavirus-Like Viral Pandemic?
Podcast: BMI is Racist? No, CDC, Men Can't Breastfeed
'Father's Milk': CDC's Science-Free Breastfeeding Advice
Baby Formula Shortage: Crisis, Or Ploy to Side-Step Liability?
'Holiday Heart' Can Make a Celebration One You Don’t Want to Remember
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