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Tobacco companies belong to U.S. Chamber of Commerce affiliates in 80 countries. Industry executives hold leadership or advisory roles in about 27% of chapters. Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco dominated AmCham leadership roles globally.Tobacco companies remain embedded in influential U.S. business...
A newly declassified Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory assessment from May 2020 concluded that all of the conditions necessary for an accidental release of a laboratory-m...
Newly released intelligence records show that as recently as January 2025, the U.S. intelligence community planned to create an independent panel of outside experts to study how the COVID-19 pandemic began, suggesting government officials considered the question sufficiently unresolved to warrant additional review even after years of investigation and ...
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Higher combined PFAS exposure, largely driven by the chemical PFHxS, was associated with roughly 50% greater odds of MS overall and about 60% greater odds among women. PFHxS, used in stain-resistant fabrics, food packaging, and firefighting foams, showed the strongest and most consistent association with MS. For each increase in PFH...Key findings
Using pesticides at home, having parents who work with pesticides (especially in farming), and living near farmland were the exposures most often linked to childhood leukemia and brain tumors. The cancer risks were highest with pesticide exposure during pregnancy or early childhood, when children’s bodies and brains are still develo...