Month: February 2018

Open Letter to STAT: It’s Time for Stronger Transparency Standards

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Dear Rick Berke and Gideon Gil, At a time when the public is questioning the legitimacy of news media – and science itself – it is important for health and science publications such as STAT to serve the public with as much truth and transparency as possible. We write to ask you to step forward Open Letter to STAT: It’s Time for Stronger Transparency Standards

U.S. Right to Know Sues CDC for Documents about Its Ties to Coca-Cola

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News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 For More Information Contact:Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 U.S. Right to Know sued the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today over CDC’s failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and provide documents in response to six requests about its interactions with The U.S. Right to Know Sues CDC for Documents about Its Ties to Coca-Cola

Transforming the Food We Eat With DowDuPont

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By Stacy Malkan The world’s largest pesticide and seed companies want you to believe they are on the side of science. High-tech foods are the future, they say, and people who raise concerns about their pesticides and genetically engineered seeds are “anti-science.” The Atlantic magazine will provide a platform to those industry talking points in Transforming the Food We Eat With DowDuPont

Corporate power, not public interest, at root of science committee hearing on IARC

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(First published in Environmental Health News) Score another point for corporate power over protection of the public. U.S. Rep Lamar Smith, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, & Technology, has slated  a full committee hearing  for Feb. 6 with an agenda aimed squarely at attacking some of the world’s top Corporate power, not public interest, at root of science committee hearing on IARC

Food Evolution GMO film is ‘agribusiness propaganda’

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Food Evolution, a documentary produced by Scott Hamilton Kennedy and narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, claims to look at all points of view in the debate over genetically modified foods (GMOs) debate. But the film quickly devolves into a hard sell for GMOs, based on specious claims and industry sources. See below for our June Food Evolution GMO film is ‘agribusiness propaganda’