Poisoning Ourselves with Food and Air (SPL #373 Dec 20 2024)

This one's about how we allow chemical and food (including quasi-food) producers to make us sick while we worry about how to pay for getting well. In  “Do Not Resuscitate," I review articles that outline this process and ask, Why not prevent this epidemic of disease at a fraction of the cost? We could even take advantage of the RFK Jr nomination to amplify his critique of our disastrous food supply and captured regulatory apparatus.

Here are links to all the articles mentioned: 

Pamela Ferdinand, “Long-term air pollution exposure may worsen the risk of dangerous blood clots in deep veins,” U.S. Right To Know, Dec 13, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gAiIce and “Exposure to particulate air pollution, even at low levels, can reduce children’s cognitive abilities,” U.S. Right To Know, Nov 25, 2024 https://bit.ly/41CglkM

Original study: Blood Journal, American Society of Hematology  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39652776/

Sharon Lerner & Al Shaw, “Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk,” ProPublica, Dec 3, 2024 https://bit.ly/3ByKxmo

Hannah Norman, “Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources,” KFF Health News/San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/3ZFBjg9

Pamela Ferdinand, “Prenatal PFAS exposure may be linked to childhood obesity,” U.S. Right To Know, Oct 7, 2024 https://bit.ly/3ZFX3Zb

Tom Perkins, “WHO to scrap weak PFAS drinking water guidelines after alleged corruption,” The Guardian [U.K.], Aug 13, 2024 https://bit.ly/49XuYlb

Natalie Huet, “Research into falling sperm counts finds ‘alarming’ levels of chemicals in male urine samples,” Euronews, Oct 6, 2024 https://bit.ly/3VFGrzE

Marthe de Ferrer, “Penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns environmental scientist,” Euronews, Mar 11, 2021 https://bit.ly/3ZEwpjt

Jingna Cui et al., “Organophosphate insecticide malathion induces Alzheimer’s disease-like cognitive impairment in mice,” ACS Publications [American Chemical Society], Nov 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gj3hFz

Anjana Ahuja, “Rising rates of cancer in young people prompts hunt for environmental culprit,” Financial Times, Aug 6, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gDnlSL

Karen A Evans-Reeves, et al., “Intimidation against advocates and researchers in the tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food spaces: a review,” Health Promotion International, Dec 2024 https://bit.ly/3VH5EKf

“Poison PR,” Lighthouse Reports, Sep 27, 2024 https://bit.ly/3BmK5rt

Evy Lewis, “Syngenta spent decades attempting to quiet health concerns about its profitable herbicide,” Investigate Midwest, Oct 23, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gB2pMi

Sharon Lerner, “EPA scientists say they were pressured to downplay health harms from chemicals,” ProPublica, Sep 18, 2024 https://bit.ly/4glGg54

Nils Adler, “‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill for decades,” Al Jazeera, Oct 8, 2024 https://bit.ly/49FpJ9m

Mansoor Malik, Ravi Chandra & Gary S. Belkin, “The willful and dangerous silence of the U.S. medical establishment on Gaza,” Mondoweiss, Dec 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/4gCBP5A

Nicola Guess, “Why ultraprocessed foods aren’t always bad,” New York Times, Dec. 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/49KUdGX

 

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