Gary Ruskin of US Right to Know tells about the watchdog group’s investigation into alleged conflicts of interest within a major group that gives advice on what we should and shouldn’t eat. The group denies any conflicts of interest. You […]
NBC Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly is one of many contemporary examples The following was first published on Sharyl Attkisson’s Substack. I’ve long written about the syndrome whereby some news reporters tend to act in the interests of the agencies, officials,
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You already know that Americans have been growing fatter and more disease-riddled in recent decades. Some of that’s blamed on pesticides, preservatives, chemicals, and the food we eat. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics bills itself as the world’s largest
The following is from The Vaccine Reaction. About half of the members of a U.S. federal government panel that shapes dietary recommendations in the United States have significant financial ties to big agriculture, processed food companies, weight loss companies, pharmaceutical
News reports indicate that Dan Ziegler, a Washington lobbyist counting among his clients PhRMA, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, Eli Lilly and Amgen, will join House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office as policy director. Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that works
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The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. Three-quarters of the highest-revenue patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) in the U.S. have board members or senior leadership with ties to the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, a cross-sectional study showed. Of the
The following is from The Vaccine Reaction. A 2022 study published in Community Mental Health Journal examined nine commonly used psychopharmacology textbooks to identify financial conflicts of interest of their authors and editors. The findings showed that two-thirds of psychopharmacology textbooks authors
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is questioning “serious conflict of interest” among advisers on the government’s newest Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee named to serve from 2025-2030. The panel is responsible for making dietary policy recommendations. Like many government advisory panels, it
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