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13,000-Year-Old Footprints, Climate Court, Native Bees, Cell Phones And Cancer. March 30, 2018, Part 1
Planting tomatoes in the garden this year? Better hope you have bumblebees too, because tomato flowers need a good shaking to get the pollen out. “What the bumblebee does is grab a tomato flower, curve its abdomen around the bottom of the tomato flower, and then shiver its wing muscles at a specific frequency, shaking pollen […]
Venomous Or Poisonous, Crayfish Clones, Immune System Cancer Injection. Feb 9, 2018, Part 2
Do you know the difference between a poisonous creature and a venomous one? One distinction is that poisons are often ingested or absorbed by the skin, while venoms have to be injected through a wound. Mandë Holford tells us more about her research studying these dangerous creatures. 25 years ago, all-female crayfish species originated from a hobbyist tank […]
To tweet or not to tweet when you’re sick, even dying
To tweet or not to tweet when you’re sick, even dying; Steven calls on the wisdom of cancer bloggers who found real-life support systems online.
Scientific Research and Industry Money Create a Toxic Mix
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Back in the 1970s, a group of workers at a Texas chemical plant were diagnosed with fatal brain cancer.
All of the workers had been exposed to vinyl chloride—a chemical used to make PVC plastic—and their cancer clusters made headlines in newspapers across the country. The World Health Organization even took a stand, stating in no uncertain terms that vinyl chloride causes brain tumors.
But a generation later, scientists say there is no clear link between vinyl chloride and cancer. The evidence found in Texas seems to have disappeared from their research.
And that’s because corporate-funded research is dominating scientific study more than ever, according to a new investigation from The Center for Public Integrity.
The investigation unfolds through a four-part series, entitled “Science for Sale,” and it reveals how scientists—dubbed as “rented white coats”—defend toxic chemicals on behalf of the industries that hire them.
David Heath, a senior reporter for The Center for Public Integrity, explains how corporate-funded research can obscure the truth and put public health at risk.
What you’ll learn from this segment:
How corporate-funded research manipulates science.
How shrinking support for government research contributes to the problem.
What, if anything, is being done to combat this problem.
Equality — A Survivor’s Guide
Activist Urvashi Vaid talks about how LGBT politics relate to other rights struggles, plus her journey surviving two rounds of cancer.