The assault on public health and welfare, the price of defending Trump, and protests across Europe

By Robert A. Vella While President Trump continues his systematic assault on the health and welfare of the American people Continue reading →

A Madman struggles with reality and his own failures, plus other news

By Robert A. Vella There are the objective realities of the world around us, and there are our subjective perceptions Continue reading →

EPA eases path for new chemicals, raising health fears

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is shifting course under the Trump administration on how it assesses new chemicals for Continue reading →

Texas Republicans Helped Chemical Plant That Exploded Lobby Against Safety Rules

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing “noxious” smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new Continue reading →

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to Continue reading →

Scientists are linking chemicals produced in the 1970s to increased autism today—not vaccines

Serious researchers have been able to correlate fetal exposure to chemical compounds called organochlorine chemicals with an 80 percent increase in Continue reading →

Why Rates Of This Colorectal Cancer Are Rising In Young People

The rates of colon cancer are actually rising in younger people, according to a new study presented at the Digestive Continue reading →

Frack California!

By Robert A. Vella Fresh on the heels of the Porter Ranch natural gas leak, the largest in U.S. history Continue reading →