How controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference usrtk.org/bees-neonics/e…

Ultra-processed food corporation power is growing, & multi-stakeholderism is broadly accepted in global food governance. But who governs powerful multi-stakeholder institutions and what are their implications for UPF policy responses, governance & food system transformation?
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Many studies link ultra-processed foods to serious health harms including #cancer , #diabetes , #depression and more. usrtk.org/ultra-processe…

In the “Anatomy of a Science Meeting” story, the strangest finding involved the benefits that corporations could purchase from the Entomological Society.

Here’s a quick rundown, in a piece known internally at @UsRightToKnow as “The Puppy Video.” 🐶

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A new congressional report details disturbing stonewalling around plans to engineer a pandemic capable mpox virus.

It may be a case study in just how secretive Fauci's former agency is.

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'For nearly nine years Anthony Fauci’s institute concealed plans to engineer a pandemic capable mpox virus with a case fatality rate of up to 15 percent, congressional investigators revealed in a new report Tuesday.'
Via Emily Kopp U.S. Right To Know
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Agrochemical companies have given the Entomological Society of America hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years through a corporate partnership program.

In all, top corporate donors have given the society more than $1 million, according to publicly available documents.

During the last two months, I took a deep dive into the research and culture of a major science conference for a story for U.S. Right To Know.

Here are topline findings from the story about the Entomological Society of America: 🧵
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'eating plant-derived foods that are ultra-processed — such as meat substitutes, fruit juices and pastries — increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.' Via The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

Study, via The Lancet Reg Health-Europe:
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The question is why?

'Generation X is experiencing larger per-capita increases in the incidence of leading cancers combined than any prior generation born from 1908 through 1964....cancer incidence in the US could remain unacceptably high for decades to come.'

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For the 'Anatomy of a Science Meeting' story U.S. Right To Know, I employed a data-first, quantitative approach to newsgathering. 📰

I taught these methods USC Annenberg for nearly a decade. Here's a thread on some of my past data-driven work. 🧵

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One thing that I learned from this story: Entomologists are funny. Really funny. 🐜🪲🐝

If you've read the opening of the story, I'm sure you're dying to see the memes of the 'Corteva guy,' the pervasive ad from Corteva Agriscience on the entomological society's app. Thread:🧵

Anatomy of a science meeting: How controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference. Via Rebecca Raney U.S. Right To Know #bees #neonics
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We now have both the China CDC Director George Gao and U.S. CDC Director Rob Redfield saying there was an undue focus on the wet market in early COVID cases.

Xylitol is prothrombotic and associated with cardiovascular risk. Via European Society of Cardiology Journals
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Xylitol sugar substitute linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds. Via CBS News
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Hey, remember the time that the comms department for the USDA shut down my interviews with its scientists?

Well, the story they didn't want their scientists to address will likely run next week U.S. Right To Know.

And you know what? It still has nothing to do with the USDA. ✍️

All right, friends. Time to break out the editing tools for videos to accompany the upcoming project for U.S. Right To Know.

I'm making three -- one about my data methods, one about findings and one about the most surprising thing I spotted along the way. See you soon! 🎥

Emily Kopp on the Search for Covid Origins corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/emily… Emily Kopp Gary Ruskin