'The administration does not track the health effects of staffing and funding disruptions,' note @JonEntine and former #FDA official @henryimiller. 'Still, there is little doubt that at least some illnesses or deaths resulted from these cutbacks. Unless we strengthen our public health infrastructure, cuts will further erode the agencies’ ability to detect and respond to health threats.' #PublicHealth #FoodSafety #DiseaseTracking geneticliteracyproject.org/2…

Speaking of 'phony miracle cures' and diets, join Cameron, @JonEntine & @DrLizaMD to examine how 'all-natural' marketing and chemophobia have led to extreme and often dangerous diets and food choices. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1NxarogMbRdKj…

What's driving the explosion of these extreme, often dangerous diets? Join the conversation with @JonEntine, @camjenglish, and @DrLizaMD. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1NxarogMbRdKj…

When it comes to food, “natural” or "chemical-free" doesn't mean safer (or usually anything). Raw milk is a prime example of the natural fallacy: it sounds wholesome but can harbor deadly pathogens. Join @JonEntine, @camjenglish, and @DrLizaMD to discuss. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1NxarogMbRdKj…

PFAS “forever chemicals” are fast becoming one of agriculture’s biggest flashpoints. While they mostly reach farms from outside sources like biosolids, compost, irrigation water, and industrial contamination, farmers often bear the costs and the blame. When activists, litigators and headlines push fear over facts, farmers need to know where the science actually stands. Thousands of compounds are lumped together as “PFAS,” yet the strongest evidence of health effects is limited to just a few, mainly PFOA and PFOS. Join the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology @CASTagScience tomorrow, with paper authors @JonEntine, Mark McDaniel, and Thomas Redick, to discuss the new paper, “PFAS in Agriculture: Science, Uncertainty, and Risk Communication." 🗓️ Friday, Oct. 16 | Noon–1 p.m. CT | Free → Register Below: streamyard.com/watch/Mtx8RUh…

Recent data show that roughly 78% to 80% of U.S. adults currently take at least one #supplement. But what does the science say about their benefits (or lack thereof)? Join @JonEntine, @camjenglish & @DrLizaMD to find out. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1oKMvNEBywYGQ…

Between the environmental costs of data centers and the risks posed by rogue agents, #AI technology seems to be at a crossroads that will shape the future. Join the debate with @JonEntine, @camjenglish & @DrLizaMD xitter.cf/i/spaces/1qKVmyLZkYWxB…

Data centers are now a volatile flashpoint in American politics, and AI leaders are urging caution around #AI development to prevent ... human extinction. What's going on in AI? Join @JonEntine, @camjenglish & @DrLizaMD to find out. #DataCenters #FrontierAI xitter.cf/i/spaces/1qKVmyLZkYWxB…

During his confirmation hearing, #RFKJr denied having any ongoing connection to @ChildrensHD, an #antivax group that filed dozens of #lawsuits against #vaccine mandates under his leadership. Children's Health Defense frames the keynote as a homecoming, welcoming “our founder back to the CHD stage.” geneticliteracyproject.org/2…

To satisfy activists, museums are presenting Native American creation myths as history and reburying 12,000-year-old human skeletons. Even everyday commercial objects from the 20th century are now treated as cultural patrimony requiring reburial. All this, while critical research remains stalled. Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss joins @camjenglish @JonEntine, and @DrLizaMD to discuss how progressive politics is leaving knowledge buried in the past. @eweissunburied xitter.cf/i/spaces/1YxNrbYvaVzxw…

The #FDA is weighing a “competency-based approach” to evaluating AI-powered #medical devices, modeled on how doctors get credentialed. “You can’t regulate generative #AI the way you regulate pills and cardiac pacemakers,” said @DavidBlumenthal, a professor at the @HarvardChanSPH. geneticliteracyproject.org/2…