In a study published in Addiction, researchers ran focus groups with 14- to 16-year-olds in four schools. Pupils were well aware of nicotine pouches, describing them as easy to access and discreet to use, with some reporting nicotine rushes, sickness or fainting. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Watch associate professor Ana M. Rule’s discussion of her research lab’s work analyzing e-cigarette aerosol for chemicals including nicotine and metals. Rule’s lab is among the first to find evidence linking e-cigarettes to metal exposure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU7k...

More than 800 unique e-cigarette products were purchased across three Indonesian cities in 2022. Most used cartoons, animations and memes, cute or cool fonts, or fun brand names to attract youth. The kicker? Some advertised a “smoke-free future.” www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/resources...

Common male cancer linked to hormone-disrupting chemicals, scientists warn. Even low exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals could promote prostate cancer growth. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

Are your baby’s clothes toxic? New study finds harmful chemicals in infant textiles. Via @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @pamelawrites.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/t...

Air pollution, even at low levels, may heighten breast cancer risk. Even a small drop in NO2 pollution might mean 9,500 fewer U.S. breast cancer cases each year. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/a...

World’s most used insecticides damage male fertility in rodents, researchers say Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/n...

Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water sources for 6 million people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Illegal teeth-whitening treatments that can burn gums and destroy teeth are being handed over in car parks and on doorsteps, a BBC investigation has found. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social Some gels contain more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products.

The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

My community outside of Chicago is being terrorized by ICE and Border Patrol agents today.

We disagree. usrtk.org?s=atrazine

Exposure to food and cosmetics additive caused ovarian damage in mice that persisted for three generations, raising questions about long-term human health effects. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

The analysis of 43 infant garments is the first to comprehensively screen for all detectable chemicals versus a limited number. In total, 303 different chemicals—from traces of pesticides to prescription drugs—were identified across the fabrics. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/t...

Introducing The Well-Oiled Plan — a sharp, darkly funny animation that exposes how the fossil fuel industry is using the same PR tricks once used by Big Tobacco, selling poison as “freedom." @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Join the UCSF Archives & Special Collections on Tuesday 10/21 for a virtual talk on addictive industries and their tactics. Open to all, registration in the link 👇 calendars.library.ucsf.edu/calendar/eve...

The New York Times looks at how the evolution and explosion of ultraprocessed foods has become one of the greatest health threats of our time. How did we get here? Let’s take a tour through history. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Even low exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals could promote prostate cancer growth. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

At least 15 million children (13–15 years) are already using e-cigarettes. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.who.int/news/item/06...

In light of this spike in youth e-cigarette use, along with the recent U.S. outbreak linked to more than 2,000 lung illnesses and 40+ deaths, the AMA has called for a total ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products that do not meet FDA approval as cessation tools. www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...

Even extremely small amounts of the herbicide glyphosate can harm gut health, disrupt metabolism, and change behavior in mice, scientists say. The effects aren’t limited to the exposed animals—they pass on to their children and grandchildren. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Said lead author Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a professor at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine: “If we want kids to stay healthy and live longer, then we need to get serious about limiting the use of these materials.” @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @leotrasande.bsky.social

"A look at the ways companies damage our health—and that of future generations." @pamelawrites.bsky.social (KSJ '24) helped launch Healthwire to bring the latest research on commercial determinants of health to a mainstream audience. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social 

This is why we do what we do at U.S. Right to Know's Healthwire (www.usrtk.org/healthwire). @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ease requirements on nicotine pouch manufacturers under a new pilot program in the first clear sign of a softer stance on smoking alternatives. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Commercial actors influence political and economic systems to serve their interests, often at the expense of public health. Their tactics shape societal norms and weaken health policies. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/...

“The alcohol industry has a serious, and dangerous, conflict of interest between its health-related education and policy-influencing activities, and its commercial priorities,” researchers say. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/a...

Toxic “forever chemicals” found in 95% of beers tested in the U.S. Researchers tested 23 different beers from across the U.S., with the highest concentrations showing up in regions with known water contamination. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Clouds, once seen as passive carriers of water, are now recognized as active players in chemical transport and transformation, with direct implications for ecosystems, drinking water, and public health. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/b...

"Pesticides banned years ago in the European Union are drifting through the skies and turning up in clouds above France, raising concerns about how long these toxins persist and how far they can travel, with potentially harmful global health impacts..." usrtk.org/healthwire/b...

The US Food and Drug Administration is urging nicotine pouch manufacturers to use child-resistant packaging amid a rise in nicotine pouch exposure cases has been reported among young children – with some causing nicotine poisoning. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/h...

Research suggests that the rise in UPF consumption might be contributing to the increased prevalence of a range of health problems in many countries. Dozens of studies have linked diets high in UPFs with increased risks of disease. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Research links chemicals in cosmetics, packaging, and plastics to tumor growth and reduced treatment success @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

Theoretically, a complete phaseout of fossil fuels could prevent up to 82% of all avoidable deaths from human-caused air pollution, the researchers found. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Scientists in Australia are launching one of the most comprehensive trials to date to test whether ditching plastics in food, personal care, and household products can lower internal chemical loads and improve markers of cardiometabolic health. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Vaping triples the risk of cigarette smoking in young people, a major review shows. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/v...

Children, adolescents, and young adults who vape are about three times more likely to start smoking cigarettes than non-users, according to the most comprehensive study yet on the wider risks of youth e-cigarette use. @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social @suholder.bsky.social

Aspartame—the artificial sweetener found in everything from Diet Coke to children’s medications—may raise the risk of the most common type of stroke by causing inflammation and disrupting blood vessel health and blood flow, new research shows. usrtk.org/healthwire/a... @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

For the BBC Disclosure documentary Nicotine Pouches: What's the Problem?, a reporter was secretly filmed buying a tub of orange-flavoured Millions pouches for £7.50. The shop worker who sold the product told her: "They're special."

The more high-fat, high-sugar, and salty food ads young people see, the more of those products they consume. Companies also disproportionately target adolescents, lower-income communities, and Black and Latino youth with the marketing of health-harming food and beverages.

The federal government plans to develop a new definition of ultraprocessed foods, a wide-ranging group of snacks, meals and drinks that have become a cornerstone of the American diet. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/w...

Endocrine disruptors impair women’s fertility, may lead to PCOS, major review finds Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/e...

Researchers increasingly suspect that environmental toxins, detected in everything from urine and blood serum to breast milk and amniotic fluid, play a significant role in increasingly common female reproductive health disorders. usrtk.org/healthwire/e... @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

Speechless, even after everything that has already been done. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...