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How Ironic: Dietary Facts To Make You More Healthy Face A Backdrop Of Food Disinformation

A widely viewed October 16 post on X alleged that “elites” and the FDA were deliberately contaminating food with bacteria, GMOs, and heavy metals. The post received over 439,000 views. Many commenters echoed the unsubstantiated claim that government agencies and corporations are “intentionally poisoning” the public, despite recalls being triggered … [continued]

Hawaii Residents Raise Serious Concerns about PGV, Geothermal Energy’s Clean Energy Credentials

Open venting of geothermal gases and liquids rife with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, poor environmental monitoring, control and reporting, lax oversight and a particularly troubling, even seemingly nonchalant disregard for residents’ repeated requests to local government and state authorities to investigate their concerns and claims are just some of the issues raised by residents living near the Puna Geothermal Venture.