“With the April 8th North American total solar eclipse just over two weeks away, counterfeit and fake eclipse glasses are polluting the marketplace…With millions of North Americans only now becoming aware that a solar eclipse is imminent and seeking to get their hands on eye protection, it is critical that everyone understand how to spot… Continue Reading
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Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition © 2014 American Psychological Association 2014, Vol. 40, No. 4, 1142–115 American Psychological Association – Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking. Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz, Stanford University. “Four experiments demonstrate that walking boosts creative ideation in real time… Continue Reading
Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America (2024)
Wallethub: “Location matters when it comes to health. Some places promote wellness by expanding access to nutritious food and recreational facilities. Others strive to keep healthcare costs affordable for everyone or keep parks clean and well-maintained. When a city doesn’t take care of these important issues, it can be hard to keep up good health.… Continue Reading
The Anxious Generation and an Epidemic of Mental Illness
This is not a promotion and I have no association with the author, Jonathan Haidt, or the book. The data is noteworthy. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness – In the summer of 2022, I was working on a book project — Life After Babel:… Continue Reading
EWG 2024 Dirty Dozen List
Via this link: “The Environmental Working Group 2024 Dirty Dozen™: Of the 46 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides Of the 46 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides. These 19 items were included in the fruit and… Continue Reading
How Americans View the Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccines Amid Declining Levels of Concern
“A new Pew Research Center survey finds that just 20% of Americans view the coronavirus as a major threat to the health of the U.S. population today and only 10% are very concerned they will get it and require hospitalization. This data represents a low ebb of public concern about the virus that reached its… Continue Reading
At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
Authorized At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests and Expiration Dates – “The table below is updated regularly and lists FDA-authorized at-home OTC COVID-19 diagnostic tests, including information on expiration dates, who can use the test, links to home use instructions for each test, and other details that may help you decide what test is right for… Continue Reading
What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data?
ProPublica – Dead Workers and Severed Limbs. “…But, as ProPublica has previously reported, railroad companies go to extreme lengths to portray themselves as safer than they really are — retaliating against workers who report defects and silencing those who get injured. Officials with the FRA [Federal Railway Administration] have said there is not much they… Continue Reading
State of the science on plastic chemicals
PlastChem – Identifying and addressing chemicals and polymers of concern. “Chemicals are a central aspect of the plastics issue. Although there is a wealth of scientific information on plastic chemicals and polymers to inform policymakers, implementing this evidence is challenging because information is scattered and not easily accessible. The PlastChem report and database address this… Continue Reading
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
“The National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT), also known as The Gail Model, allows health professionals to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer over the next five years and up to age 90 (lifetime risk). The tool uses a woman’s personal medical and reproductive history and the history of… Continue Reading
Leaded aviation gasoline exposure risk and child blood lead levels
Leaded aviation gasoline exposure risk and child blood lead levels, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2023, pgac 285, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac285. Published: 10 January 2023. “Lead-formulated aviation gasoline (avgas) is the primary source of lead emissions in the United States today, consumed by over 170,000 piston-engine aircraft (PEA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates… Continue Reading
Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
February 5, 2024 – Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI): “This annual report of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States responds to Section 617 of the FY21 Intelligence Authorization Act (Pub. L. No. 116-260). This report reflects the collective insights of the Intelligence Community (IC), which is committed every… Continue Reading
