AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarUS cosmetics are full of chemicals banned by Europe – why?verified_publisherGuardian US - Oliver MilmanA long list of potentially harmful ingredients banned in the EU are legally allowed in the US due to historically relaxed regulations
AvatarolgaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWeed killer in your wine and beer? That's what a new U.S. PIRG study foundverified_publisherUSA TODAY Money - Zlati MeyerA new report by the public-interest advocacy group U.S. PIRG reveals that tests of five wines and 15 beers, including organic ones, found traces of the controversial weed killer glyphosate in 19 out of the 20. They include brands like Coors Light, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, Guinness, …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarU.S. Intelligence Chiefs Are Sounding the Alarm About the Administration* They Work Forverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceThey've earned scrutiny, but their warnings about Trump's incompetence on North Korea and Iran are serious. I don't want to alarm anyone unreasonably, but the heads of the entire United States intelligence community went before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday morning and testified that …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarYou’re Literally Sprinkling Plastic On Your Foodverified_publisherVICE - Kaleigh RogersA study published this week in ‘Environmental Science & Technology’ sampled salt brands from across the globe and found 92 percent contained microplastics. The problem of plastic pollution can seem really removed from everyday life—until you realize you’re literally sprinkling plastic onto your …
AvatarolgaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEPA admits Trump would sacrifice thousands of U.S. lives to save a few coal plantsverified_publisherthinkprogress.org - Joe RommTrump's own EPA says his climate plan will worsen health of millions of kids, cost $50 billion President Trump’s own Environmental Protection Agency …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarWhat's going on with Donald Trump? Psychologist explains the president’s lies, reversalsverified_publisherUSA TODAY - Robert EpsteinTrump's lies and reversals are not due to mental illness but because he reacts to people and situations in the moment, with no thought of future or past. When I saw CNN’s Jake Tapper suddenly blurt out, “What the hell is going on?” in an online video the other day, I thought I’d better speak up. Like …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarWhat If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?New York Magazine - By Jonathan ChaitOn June 14, 2016, the Washington Post reported that Russian hackers had broken into the Democratic National Committee’s files and gained access to its …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarThe EPA Is Hiding Proof That a Widely Used Chemical Causes Leukemia: ReportNew York Magazine - Eric LevitzDuring a Senate hearing in late January, Ed Markey asked then-EPA director Scott Pruitt about a little rumor that he’d overheard. “It’s my …
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AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarHe’s dying of cancer. Now, he’s the first patient to go to trial to argue Roundup made him sickverified_publisherCNNCNN — On bad days, Dewayne Johnson is too crippled to speak. Lesions often cover as much as 80% of his body. Doctors have said they didn’t expect him to live to see this day. But Monday marks a milestone: Johnson, 46, is the first of hundreds of cancer patients to see his case against agrochemical …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarDHS: Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Adults At Border In 6 Weeksverified_publisherNPR - Brian NaylorThe Department of Homeland Security says 1,995 minors were separated from their "alleged adult guardians" at the southern border in just over a monthlong period. A DHS spokesman said the separations occurred between April 19 and the end of May under the administration's relatively new "zero …
AvatarolgaAvatarAvatarTrump backs away from China trade war, while a Trump development gets a $500 million Chinese loanverified_publisherVox - Matthew YglesiasIt seems noteworthy, but few reporters want to mention it in their Trump-China coverage. May initially looked to be the month that the long-awaited US-China trade war would finally arrive. Sunday, though, things changed. President Trump seems to have basically just backed down. “We’re putting the …