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Popular Science asks: How worried should we be that glyphosate was found in our Cheerios?

Answer: It depends on which scientific organization—or advocacy group—you ask.

An environmental advocacy group found traces of controversial herbicides on popular breakfast cereals like Cheerios, Lucky Charms, and Quaker Oats, according to their report published Aug. 15. The weed killer in question—glyphosate—has long been the subject of controversy and confusion, especially when it comes to whether it’s associated with cancer.

Recently, a California jury decided that Monsanto, the agrochemical giant that produces a weed killer called Roundup, must pay a former groundskeeper with terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma $289 million in damages for failing to warn him of glyphosate's cancer risks.

Monsanto released a statement saying that glyphosate does not cause cancer and that they would appeal the verdict.

But juries are not necessarily making their decisions based on science alone, and sometimes shoddy science can make its way into the courtroom.

The European Food Safety Authority also evaluated glyphosate and deemed that it wasn't likely to pose a cancer threat.

Wouldn’t Cheerios, Lucky Charms, and Quaker Oats be taken off the market if there was a real risk?

As to the California jury that awarded a groundskeeper $289 million. First he misused the product by sprayed large amounts of weed killer on the job and second, he was accidentally doused with the product on two occasions.

Momsanto may not pay rhe careless groundskeeper anything after they appeal the case.

My own personal opinion: if I did eat Cheerios, Lucky Charms, or Quaker Oats, I would not worry unless I ate copious amounts of the product on a daily basis.

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‘Medicare-for-all’ is a $32 TRILLION utopian taxpayer-funded fantasy!

Don’t be fooled America!

Report: Most 'meat' in 2040 will not come from dead animals

From a report at the link below:

Most of the meat people eat in 2040 will not come from slaughtered animals, according to a report that predicts 60% will be either grown in vats or replaced by plant-based products that look and taste like meat.

The report by the global consultancy AT Kearney, based on expert interviews, highlights the heavy environmental impacts of conventional meat production and the concerns people have about the welfare of animals under industrial farming.

“The large-scale livestock industry is viewed by many as an unnecessary evil,” the report says. “With the advantages of novel vegan meat replacements and cultured meat over conventionally produced meat, it is only a matter of time before they capture a substantial market share.”

Companies such as Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Just Foods that use plant ingredients to create replacement burgers, scrambled eggs and other products are growing rapidly. AT Kearney estimates $1bn has been invested in such vegan products, including by the companies that dominate the conventional meat market. Beyond Meat raised $240m when the company went public in May and its shares have more than doubled since.

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Johns Hopkins Research finds no evidence people are born gay or transgender

Scholars at Johns Hopkins University released a new report on Monday which argues that there is not sufficient evidence to suggest that lesbian, gay, or transgender people are born with this sexual orientation or gender identity.

Full report here.

A 106 year-old Weldon, North Carolina woman credits her longevity to faith in God

Ruth Hilliard was born on June 5, 1913. Her vision is not as good as it once was, but she still recites Christian scripture on a regular basis.

She spent decades teaching children. She was a teacher by trade and mentor by heart.

Hilliard has one son, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

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Report: Britons get drunk more than any other nationality

From a report at the link below:

The 2019 Global Drug Survey found that Brits get drunk more times per year than people of any of the other 36 nationalities surveyed. The average British person described themselves as getting drunk 51.1 times in a 12-month period, or about once per week.

The United States ranks second, at 50.3 times per year, and Canadians were third at 48. People in Chile got drunk the least in a year, at 16.4.

No wonder there are so many liquor stores. In addition to the big liquor ‘super stores’ it’s unusual to drive past a major intersection in suburbia without a convenient drive-up bank, coffee shop, gas station or liquor store.

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Report: Blurred lines: A pregnant man's tragedy test

A man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains. Come to find out the man was pregnant! He was a transgender man in labor that was about to end in a stillbirth.

The tragic case, described in Wednesday’s New England Journal of Medicine, points to larger issues about assigning labels or making assumptions in a society increasingly confronting gender variations in sports , entertainment and government .

In medicine, there’s a similar danger of missing diseases such as sickle cell and cystic fibrosis that largely affect specific racial groups, the authors write.

The point is not what’s happened to this particular individual but this is an example of what happens to transgender people interacting with the health care system.

Blurred lines indeed.

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New report says low-dose aspirin linked to bleeding in the skull

Taking low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in the skull in people without a history of those conditions, according to a new report.

Researchers analyzed data from 13 previous studies in which over 130,000 people ages 42 to 74, who didn’t have a history of heart disease or stroke, were given either low-dose aspirin or a placebo for the prevention of these conditions.

An aspirin is typically defined as low-dose if it is between 75 and 100 milligrams, but most over-the-counter pills are around 81 milligrams.

People who took the placebo had a 0.46% risk of having a head bleed during the combined trial periods. For those who took low-dose aspirin, the risk was 0.63%, the equivalent of an additional 2 out of every 1,000 people developing a bleed, according to the study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.

People from Asian backgrounds and those with a body mass index under 25 had the highest risk.

Full report here.