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Posts made in October, 2022

Scotland: We Don’t Need Science, We’ll Take 65% Higher Food Costs Instead

Scotland proudly boasts that their $16 billion food and drink sector doesn't use any GMO crops. They say they are helping to "protect health and the environment" but that is actually an EU claim made by politicians - no science body has found GMOs are worse for health or the environment. Most importantly, they want to be able to sell their food as "organic" and charge a premium.Like Europe...

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Like Junk Food? Blame The Mouse Amygdala

Neuroscience is still in its infancy, despite claims by people using fMRI to suggest links between lots of things, but a few things are established, like that fear 'resides' in the amygdala.Linking that same part of the brain to obesity in mice, and therefore humans, in a new paper warrants more skepticism. Mice are, as famously stated when science was science, not tiny people. We do have things...

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To Avoid Shark Attacks, Avoid Saturdays In July. Coconuts, You’re On Your Own

Averages don't tell us much about actual people or individual risk. After all, the average man has fewer than two testicles and the average woman fewer than two breasts but that doesn't tell you anything about your risk of testicular or breast cancer.Though abused by epidemiologists hoping to become expert witnesses in lawsuits against companies (an alarming number of participants at both IARC...

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White Saviors To The Rescue! California Poor Have To Choose Between Water And Electricity

In California, the legislature does very little except add new taxes and regulations onto consumers while doing photo-ops about how much leadership they are showing.In California outside pricey Sacramento buildings, it's less great. Already under the yoke of expensive electricity - poor people have to pay added taxes to subsidize million-dollar solar installations - and gasoline that is highest...

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4-Year-Old Dies After Eating Marijuana Gummies

Thanks to the Clinton administration exempting everything except legitimate companies from government oversight, coupled with loosened marijuana laws, the amount of THC in edible marijuana products is completely unregulated. And they are allowed to look like candy and other treats.It's dangerous.read...

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