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EPA Should Scuttle Anti-Science PFAS Claims
PFAS, called "forever chemicals” by activists, are about 12,000 compounds, 11,993 of them found in nature, yet environmentalists in their Forever War On Science have been targeting them based on epidemiological correlation. You know, that same "science" that claimed chocolate is health food, butter is bad and trans fats are good, and that a parasite medication cured COVID-19.
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Kennedy's MAHA Is A Solution With No Problem
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his Children's Defense Fund and his work as a trial lawyer for Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has always been in a war against science. He has been at war for decades. He sued over the COVID-19 vaccine, as you'd expect from his wealthy white perch where organic food and supplement shoppers also reside, but really only shot to prominence outside the anti-vaccine and organic food industry when he abandoned his presidential campaign and endorsed Republican Donald Trump.
His goal, he claimed, was a spin on Make America Great Again - Make America Healthy Again.
His goal, he claimed, was a spin on Make America Great Again - Make America Healthy Again.
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USDA Awards Grant To Study Acidic Coatings To Protect Organic Food From Bacteria
Have you purchased organic food and wondered what the chemical is that you need to wash off?
Those are alkaline wax-based coatings, designed to preserve food so it looks nice longer. Just like conventional growers use. But chemicals made using olive bud oil don't prevent fungi and bacteria common in organic food, and a new program would like to change that.
Those are alkaline wax-based coatings, designed to preserve food so it looks nice longer. Just like conventional growers use. But chemicals made using olive bud oil don't prevent fungi and bacteria common in organic food, and a new program would like to change that.
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New Bacteria Optimization Could Boost Nitrogen-Fixing In Corn
Soybeans greatly benefit from nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which reduces the need for fertilizer, and a new study shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth as well.
Agricultural scientists tested products from Pivot Bio called PROVEN and PROVEN 40, which includes one and two species of soil bacteria, respectively, that turn atmospheric nitrogen into plant-available forms. An edited gene involved in nitrogen fixation makes more of it available so more of it at planting means the bacteria colonize plant roots.
Agricultural scientists tested products from Pivot Bio called PROVEN and PROVEN 40, which includes one and two species of soil bacteria, respectively, that turn atmospheric nitrogen into plant-available forms. An edited gene involved in nitrogen fixation makes more of it available so more of it at planting means the bacteria colonize plant roots.
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Use DEET: Half Of Adult Ticks Carry Lyme Disease Bacteria
If you want to avoid ticks in the woods, wear long clothing or use a scientifically-proven repellent like DEET, IR3535 , or picaridin. Forget products claiming they are 'green' or have citronella, there is a reason that people who buy alternatives to DEET are over-represented in getting lyme disease. Alternatives don't work and, if you are in the northeast, 50% of adult ticks will carry Lyme disease bacteria so you are flipping a coin by avoiding science.
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