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Health Blog
tilapia masala with rice from @foodnetwork
We are back in South Carolina this week, but our mind is still on Texas because we just found out were officially moving there this summer! The plan to return (we met in college there twelve years ago...
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Uncategorized Blog
The Mercury Policy Project’s (MPP) campaign “to eliminate mercury use and reduce mercury exposure” is based on fear, deceit and science denialism. For publicity and political impact, MPP acti...
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Sustainability Blog
Sylvia Earle Misses the Boat on the Latest in Seafood Science
I cant do it anymore. Thats what oceanographer and former chief scientist at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sylvia Earle said this week when an ABC Nightline reporter asked her...
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Uncategorized Blog
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) activists describe themselves as “pragmatic environmental advocates” who are “grounded in science.” But EDF lobbyists, “experts,” attorneys, celebrity talk...
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Uncategorized Blog
Celebrities Dont Have All the Answers
With 17 million followers on Twitter, Kim Kardashian has an enormous opportunity to improve lives simply by sharing accurate information with her fans. Unfortunately she missed one of those opportuni...
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Uncategorized Blog
Causing Harm Since: 2010. Dr. Mehmet Oz may be a two-time Emmy award winner, media mogul, and Oprah protégé, but he’s first and foremost a dangerous peddler of junk science and medical voodoo. ...
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Uncategorized Blog
Causing Harm Since: 2010. The Doctors is a daytime television show that hopes viewers will tune in for “critical information to make informed and intelligent health care decisions.” In reality...
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Uncategorized Blog
fish tacos from @lstysonscorner
On my first day with the National Fisheries Institute, a small group of us went to La Sandia at Tysons Corner Center. I had grilled snapper tacos with shredded cabbage, avocado and corn with a little ...
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Health Blog
CBS Misses the Mark on Mercury
Whats happening at CBS? Last night, someone forgot to fact-check this online headline: Study finds unsafe mercury levels in 84 percent of all fish. That new study was neither published nor peer-review...
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Health Press Release
Media Alert: Caution Essential for UNEP Coverage
Reporters covering the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) deliberations of an international mercury treaty, take note: Efforts to safeguard the environment and the public health are laudable ...