Jailing of journalist shows China still fears the covid truth. "Zhang’s imprisonment and China’s overall treatment of journalists raise a question still lingering about Wuhan. What, exactly, is China still trying to hide?" Via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"This cohort study shows that soft drink consumption is linked to an increased risk of MDD [major depressive disorder] and greater depressive symptom severity, mediated by changes in gut microbiota..." Via @jamapsychiatry.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Alcohol industry uses tobacco tactics to downplay deadly risks and block reforms, studies show. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/a...

The Trump Administration Misses Key Deadlines for Imposing Restrictions on Gain-of-Function Research reason.com/2025/09/18/t...

COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan will be tried this week in China. Via @rsf.org rsf.org/en/covid-19-...

Not substantially equivalent: New scientific research challenges claims that GMOs are safe. Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/gmo/new-scie...

Why is the Defense Intelligence Agency disobeying federal court orders to produce documents about the origins of CovId-19? What are they hiding and why? usrtk.org/wp-content/u...

"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...

Are GMOs safe? A molecular geneticist speaks out usrtk.org/gmo/are-gmos...

Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors. Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson's May Be All Around Us. "Unfortunately, the United States government — more so than other governments — is more inclined to keep chemical companies safe than to protect our families." Via @nickkristof.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

New research links #phthalates to tumor growth and reduced treatment success. The EU restricts several phthalates from all uses while the U.S. has banned only a handful in children’s toys, and still allows them in food packaging and personal care products. usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

Phthalates in everyday products may fuel breast cancer, new study warns Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

Why internists should be concerned about glyphosate. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Industry lobbyists stacked MAHA team — despite anti-corporate push. The "White House asked at least two Trump administration officials with industry ties to be part of its original MAHA staff." www.eenews.net/articles/ind...

"Cardiovascular disease—the world’s leading cause of death—is increasingly driven by polluted air, toxic chemicals, plastics, noise, and extreme temperatures..." Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social of @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

Time to put children's health above pesticide industry profits. What will it take? @rcscience.bsky.social www.realclearhealth.com/articles/202...

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...

The dirty deeds of Monsanto live on and on and on: The Impact of a Ghostwritten Paper on the Fate of Glyphosate. Via @naomioreskes.bsky.social @undark.org undark.org/2025/08/15/o...

Really disappointing: Draft of White House Report Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w...

"the strength of this independently growing movement in favor of cleaning up the food supply, reducing chemical additives, and pollutants that are affecting the health of people..." www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Aspartame sweetener may disrupt blood vessels, raising stroke risk, first-of-its-kind study suggests. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/a...

“No safe level”: Babies are harmed by even tiny amounts of nitrate in drinking water, study finds. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/b...

Here's a book I am really looking forward to reading: The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late By Judith Enck thenewpress.org/books/the-pr...

The GOP Is Choosing Pesticides Over the MAHA Moms. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losses exceeding US$1·5 trillion annually." Via @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Today, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the CIA, seeking cables with France’s Directorate General for External Security on Covid origins. France helped build the maximum security lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the French Institut Pasteur had close ties with it. usrtk.org/wp-content/u...

World Health Organization Foundation’s growing ‘dark money’ problem raises conflict of interest concerns Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/w...

Ultra-processed food leads to obesity: The science explained. An interview with nutritional epidemiologist Filippa Juul. Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/u...

Microplastics Wreaking Havoc on Human Hormones, Fertility, a New Review Says Via @byng.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/m...

Latest Trump administration big favor to the pesticide industry: EPA re-registers #dicamba, an herbicide that has twice been banned by federal courts. washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... Our fact sheet on dicamba: usrtk.org/pesticides/d...

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of type 2 diabetes medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07... "we showed that exposure to the #PFAS mixture may be associated with higher odds for T2D [type 2 diabetes] over a ∼6-year follow-up period." www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...

A small but worthy bipartisan step forward on microplastics: the Microplastics Safety Act, to require the FDA to produce a report for Congress on the health effects of exposure to microplastics. www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-bynu...

How the revolving door spins: Venus Welch-White has left EPA as acting director of the Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to join CropLife America, the pesticide industry trade association. No surprise that federal regulation of pesticides is so weak. croplifeamerica.org/news-release...

Yet another reason to shun the emulsifiers in ultra-processed food: "A low-emulsifier-containing diet led to a threefold increased likelihood of improvement in symptoms of Crohn’s disease compared with an emulsifier-containing diet" medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Today, we filed #FOIA lawsuits against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). These are our 35th and 36th public records lawsuits for documents related to the origin of COVID-19, gain-of-function research and related matters. usrtk.org/covid-19-ori...

"Trump administration officials say the White House has no plans to crack down on pesticides in farming, despite a report led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that called crop protection chemicals a danger to people’s health." Via @politico.com subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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Today, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for their latest assessment of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. usrtk.org/wp-content/u... This is our 34th public records lawsuit for documents related to the origin of COVID-19. usrtk.org/covid-19-ori...

Here's an award-winning documentary on glyphosate and pesticide industry public relations: Glyphosate controversy: inside the pesticide industry’s PR game. Via @zembla-bnnvara.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOkW...

Trump Wants to Kill a Chemical Safety Board. "not investigating chemical disasters would be akin to failing to investigate airplane accidents and losing the opportunity to learn from them." Via @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...

USAID Quietly Sent Thousands Of Viruses To Chinese Military-Linked Biolab, via Emily Kopp of the @dailycaller.bsky.social, with documents from @usrighttoknow.bsky.social dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/e...

We have now filed #FOIA lawsuits against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for their most recent assessments or intelligence reports about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. usrtk.org/wp-content/u... usrtk.org/wp-content/u...

Hiring swamp creatures is not the way to make America healthy again: "EPA announced that a farm industry lobbyist will take over as the agency's top pesticides officer, deepening the number of appointees at the agency poached from industry groups." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"Even low levels of nitrate—a common agricultural runoff and drinking water contaminant—are associated with increased risks of preterm birth and low birthweight babies..." medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06... Study, via PLOS Water:

💰 Tech billionaires are reshaping our world—but who gave them the right? While Elon Musk grabs headlines, Bill Gates laid the blueprint—normalizing billionaire control over public policy through his foundation. Learn more 6/26 at this free webinar with global experts us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Unhealthy food makers target youth with pervasive ads that fuel long-term health risks, decades of research shows. Via @pamelawrites.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social usrtk.org/healthwire/u...

North Carolina Gov Ops requests records about UNC-Chapel Hill coronavirus researcher Baric “The sooner all information is made public, the quicker important questions will be answered." www.carolinajournal.com/gov-ops-requ...

The North Carolina press, state legislature, and the university system’s executive office must take a proactive role in shedding light on extreme virology in NC. Transparency is the first step toward accountability." www.carolinajournal.com/opinion/unco...

NC lawmakers launch ‘fact-finding mission’ into UNC coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric "The requests include all records sought by U.S. Right to Know for a series of dates from 2020 to 2024..." Via @newsobserver.com www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...