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    • Priorities Magazine Spring 2018
    • The Next Plague and How Science Will Stop It
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    • Little Black Book of Junk Science
    • Priorities Magazine Winter 2017
    • Should You Worry About Artificial Flavors Or Colors?
    • Should You Worry About Artificial Sweeteners?
    • Summer Health and Safety Tips
    • How Toxic Terrorists Scare You With Science Terms
    • Adult Immunization: The Need for Enhanced Utilization
    • Should You Worry About Salt?
    • Priorities Magazine Spring 2016
    • IARC Diesel Exhaust & Lung Cancer: An Analysis
    • Teflon and Human Health: Do the Charges Stick?
    • Helping Smokers Quit: The Science Behind Tobacco Harm Reduction
    • Irradiated Foods
    • Foods Are Not Cigarettes: Why Tobacco Lawsuits Are Not a Model for Obesity Lawsuits
    • The Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Review
    • Are "Low Dose" Health Effects of Chemicals Real?
    • The Effects of Nicotine on Human Health
    • Traditional Holiday Dinner Replete with Natural Carcinogens - Even Organic Thanksgiving Dinners
    • A Primer On Dental Care: Quality and Quackery
    • Nuclear Energy and Health And the Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation Hormesis
    • Priorities in Caring for Your Children: A Primer for Parents
    • Endocrine Disrupters: A Scientific Perspective
    • Good Stories, Bad Science: A Guide for Journalists to the Health Claims of "Consumer Activist" Groups
    • A Comparison of the Health Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Tobacco Use in America
    • Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Health
    • Irradiated Foods Fifth Edition
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Washington vs. Idaho: A COVID Tale of Two States
The Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Procurement
Is COVID Variant B.1.1.7 More Lethal?
My COVID Vaccine Trip Report - Bravo Weill Cornell!
Europe Sets Renewable Energy Record, But Consumers Pay Twice as Much
A Conversation Between ACSH and Great.com
It's Time to Go Back to School. Do No Harm.
Tracking the Vaccinations: Week 2
Buy 5, and the 6th is Free? Pfizer's Extra Vaccine Dose
COVID: Media Literally Makes Us Sick with Non-Stop Bad News
Allergic Responses to COVID-19 Vaccination
Is Vaccine Prioritization by Health Status a Losing Proposition?

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Chemicals & Chemistry

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3 Similar Alcohols: A Poison, a Kosher Food, and a 'Date Rape' Drug
Perchlorate in Drinking Water
Briotech: Meet the Company That's a Real Son of a Bleach
The Environmental Defense Fund's Silly Food Chemical Claim
When it Comes to Chemicals, Silent Spring Institute Should Stay Silent
How Do Bacteria Eat Plastic?
You Need No Longer Fear Dr. Duck's Deadly Buttons!
An Abysmal Chemistry Lesson About Bismuth
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Food & Nutrition

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Are Organic or Modern Conventional Agricultural Practices Better for the Environment?
Why Does Defrosted Milk Look Like Spit-Up?
Sugar and Alcohol: Why the 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines Are Right
Do Organic Foods Taste Better?
Do Our Genes Hold The Key To The Right Diet?
4 Food Items That Sound Healthy, But Really Aren't
Are Organic Foods More Nutritious?
The Fabricated Organic Food Market
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Biomedicine & Biotech

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Hacking DNA Sequences: Biosecurity Meets Cybersecurity
COVID Vaccines Put Anti-Science Activists to Shame
The Idiot's Guide to Viral Mutation
Why a Vaccine Can Provide Better Immunity than an Actual Infection
RNA is Less Stable Than DNA Because of One Lousy Oxygen Atom
Will COVID End the Anti-GMO Movement?
Governors Cuomo, Newsom Play Politics with Pfizer's Life-Saving COVID Vaccine
Why Pfizer's Vaccine Must Be Stored in the Deep, Deep Freeze
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

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My COVID Vaccine Trip Report - Bravo Weill Cornell!
Do Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water Pose a Health Risk?
Recognition of Genetic Differences in Opioid Metabolism, Finally
Can NSAIDs Really Be This Dangerous?
Can a Vile Smelling Chemical Make Vaccines Work Better in the Elderly?
Allergic Reactions to Pfizer's Vaccine Were Inevitable, and it's No One's Fault
COVID Shortages From Bottom to Top; Now It's Rolaids?
Do We Really Need to Study How to Dispose of Unused Opioids? Seriously?
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Policy & Ethics

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Washington vs. Idaho: A COVID Tale of Two States
The Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Procurement
Is Vaccine Prioritization by Health Status a Losing Proposition?
Even Scientists Are Fooled by a Really Good Story
First 100 Days: Science, Tech, Health Priorities for Biden Administration
Every Picture Tells A Story Keeping Up with the “Jonses” Spending our Money
New Jersey Health Officials Must Be Smoking (Crack)
Leftover Doses of Vaccine Raise Some Troubling Issues
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Harm Reduction

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Allergic Responses to COVID-19 Vaccination
How to Stage a Lockdown Without Triggering Constitutional Objections
The Algorithm Made Me Do It: The Lawyers Chime In
Vaping Reduces Inflammatory Biomarkers, Compared to Smoking
How The Zombie Apocalypse Prepares You For The COVID-19 Pandemic
How is COVID-19 Killing Our Nursing Home Residents?
COVID Vaccinations Should Be Distributed Through Schools
Are Surgeons More Likely To Kill You On Their Birthday?
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Disease

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Is COVID Variant B.1.1.7 More Lethal?
Tracking the Vaccinations: Week 2
Buy 5, and the 6th is Free? Pfizer's Extra Vaccine Dose
How Long Does Immunity to COVID-19 Last?
Tracking COVID-19 Vaccinations: A User's Guide
Deadly COVID Cases Linked to Antibodies that Attack the Lungs
COVID-19: Linking Age, Race, Nursing Homes, and Dementia
Common Cold May Help Prevent Severe COVID, Death
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Mental Health & Society

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COVID: Media Literally Makes Us Sick with Non-Stop Bad News
The Anti-Vaxx Playbook: How to Spread Anti-Vaccine Propaganda
A Solution to COVID Vaccine Refusal: Take the Jab or Lose Your Job
Anti-Tech Terrorism: Was Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Afraid of 5G?
Tyranny of the Early Birds: Morning People Dictate Our Society
COVID vs. Cable News: Coronavirus Misinformation Is Rampant
Concussion Prevention: Sorting Through the Science to See What's Sound
No Evidence that Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Help with Sleep
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Other Science News

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Europe Sets Renewable Energy Record, But Consumers Pay Twice as Much
A Conversation Between ACSH and Great.com
What I'm Reading (Jan. 21)
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No Scalpel Vasectomy. Not Kidding.
What I'm Reading (Jan. 7)
What I'm Reading (Dec. 31)
Top 10 Junk Science and Bogus Health Claims ACSH Debunked in 2020
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Parents & Kids

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It's Time to Go Back to School. Do No Harm.
How Tough Are the CDC's School Guidelines?
Every Picture Tells A Story – School Closings and Child Care
Household Cleaners & Indoor Air Pollution: Are We Cleaning Ourselves to Death?
95% of Baby Food Tainted with Toxic Metals? Don't Panic
Are Immunization Schedules Evidence-Based?
Bedtime Stories in the Digital Age
Are Home Births Safe? Canadian Midwives Say Yes
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Even Scientists Are Fooled by a Really Good Story
Washington vs. Idaho: A COVID Tale of Two States
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Buy 5, and the 6th is Free? Pfizer's Extra Vaccine Dose

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Health Scares vs. Health Threats

Thank You, Trial Lawyers, For Protecting Us from the Scourge of Baby Powder
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Celebrities vs. Science

What the Hulk? 9/11 Truther Mark Ruffalo Testifies to Congress on Science
Nothing Grimes Said About Eyeballs or Depression Makes Any Sense
Jeff Bezos' Plan to Colonize Space is Based on Sheer Nonsense
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is Helping Spread Flu and Cervical Cancer
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Groups Who Hate Us

Anti-Monsanto Lawyer and USRTK, Carey Gillam Collaborator Possibly Headed to Prison for Extortion
Journalist Peter Fairley Cites Anti-Vaxx Website, Spreads Misinformation on Flu, COVID-19
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Free Speech Zone

My Definition of a Scientist
RIP Jane Newton
If Our Science Tribe Was a D&D Game
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