Aluminum and breast cancer. Is there a connection? Just last week a woman in my town, born on the same day I was, died from breast cancer. She was 51. A few days earlier my friend and colleague, John Darling, passed away from inoperable liver cancer. And my friend Jolie Elan died just seven days after she was diagnosed with…
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Lynn Margulis, science teacher, biologist, explorer, pioneer. My mom, Lynn Margulis, is best known as an evolutionary biologist who championed the importance of microorganisms. She liked to call herself an “evolutionist” as she thought the designation “biologist” did not do justice to the breadth and depth of her ideas. Her work challenges us to think differently about the mechanisms of…
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Fighting censorship (on any subject) is a fight worth fighting. But especially during these strange upside-down times, we need to speak out against efforts to silence dissent. These days it feels like our civil liberties are being cast aside. Powerful rulers seem to think it’s okay to use our fears to further their political gain and keep us quiet and…
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Ultrasound Gel Harming Your Baby? Endocrine disruptors alter hormone levels in our bodies. Phthalates and certain phenols—like parabens and triclosan—are endocrine disruptors. The body uses hormones to regulate myriad important processes. Thus, arbitrary changes in hormone levels can cause a host of negative health effects—especially when it comes to reproduction and fetal development. It’s surprising, then, that no one looked…
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Breaking science news: Vaccinated children are sicker than their unvaccinated peers, according to a landmark new study on vaccine safety: “Relative Incidence of Office Visits and Cumulative Rates of Billed Diagnoses Along the Axis of Vaccination.” For over two decades, vaccine safety advocates have wondered if vaccinated children are sicker or healthier than their unvaccinated peers. These children’s health advocates…
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A comment pointing out inaccuracies in an article in a Portland paper has been censored. Censorship, which I’ve written about before (click here and here for two recent articles), is an increasing problem in America. Is this the Twilight Zone? Why are media outlets and left-leaning institutions actively silencing debates about health and politics? Earlier this week it was Twitter and…
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