David Zaruk
Blogger and Writer at The Risk-Monger
David Zaruk, as The Risk-Monger, challenges confirmation bias. Fighting activist zealots. Fighting for farmers. Fighting cardiovascular disease and arthritis.
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3 weeks ago |
geneticliteracyproject.org | David Zaruk
The next time someone asks you: Will that be paper or plastic? think twice before you torch the planet by choosing the paper option. A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology shows than in 15 out of 16 applications, plastics have proven to have lower greenhouse gas emissions than their alternatives (paper, steel, copper, glass, aluminum …). The differences range from 10% to 90% lower emissions.
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1 month ago |
thefirebreak.org | David Zaruk
IARC, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, has a unit that produces practically pointless monographs (literature reviews monitored by panels of pre-selected researchers). These documents only seem to be used by NGO campaigners and US tort lawyers suing industry on large mass tort lawsuits like glyphosate, benzene, and talc. Most recently, the law firms and IARC attempted the same strategy on aspartame, but their playbook was becoming too predictable.
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1 month ago |
seedworld.com | David Zaruk
There are a variety of definitions of science: as a methodology, a tool, a process of discovery… Since the time of Copernicus, scientists have always challenged their own theories and paradigms, while provoking religious and political dogmas. Today we are living in provocative times, but the pressure is coming from the food puritans, particularly in the United States, leaving certain scientific communities under existential pressure.
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1 month ago |
thefirebreak.org | David Zaruk
German translationThe evolution of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as a stakeholder class has undermined our perception of what they do, how they are funded and where their activities are scrutinized. Most people still think of NGOs as organizations of volunteers committed to feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and protecting the vulnerable.
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2 months ago |
thefirebreak.org | David Zaruk
Yesterday, the Director at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Peter Marks, was forced to resign from his post. If he had not resigned, RFK Jr would have fired him. In the process, Marks sent a resignation letter to Sara Brenner, the Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDA.
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RT @the_firebreak: See the French translation of the Firebreack article by @zaruk on the need to redefine activist groups, not as NGOs but…
With Transparent Democracy Initiative, something is finally changing. I'm proud to be a founding member of this initiative, to share my research on dark NGO funding with the team and to bring their findings to a wider audience. It's time to stop the hypocrisy of dark NGO funding
Here's the first article from @LudgerWess on the billions of dark funding going to NGOs. Ludger is the Head of Research and Managing Editor of the Transparent Democracy Initiative, a research project shining a transparency light on all stakeholder funding https://t.co/BxE3ONpVK4
My latest looks at how a simple research survey laden with degrowth bias is likely serving interest groups behind it. We'll only find out (maybe) when it is published. https://t.co/tXnG81h7kt https://t.co/Tbsr2HkzdB
