Technology

"A newly revealed government memo identifies yet another compromised paper used to justify Roundup’s safety."

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has known for nearly a decade that an influential 2013 scientific paper that concluded glyphosate is safe was actually ghostwritten by developer Monsanto. But the agency never informed the public and continued to rely on it, according to an EPA memo obtained by Mother Jones and revealed here for the first time.

"The Supreme Court has dealt a devastating blow to the Make America Healthy Again Movement by blocking a path for users of the popular Roundup weedkiller to secure payouts from Monsanto for failing to disclose the product’s cancer risk."

"A business controlled by the American billionaire Ira Rennert reached a $150 million settlement in the United States with 1,373 Peruvians who claimed ​they were poisoned by lead and other toxic substances while growing ‌up near a Peruvian smelter, lawyers for the plaintiffs said on Wednesday."

"The makers of popular cookware brands All-Clad and Farberware have launched an unusual legal fight against a rival whose products don’t contain “forever chemicals,” alleging the company’s ads falsely paint the presence of PFAS in its competitors’ products as toxic."

"A covid vaccine study that the CDC’s chief halted this spring over methodological concerns was published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, a leading peer-reviewed medical journal."

"It would be the largest data center in the state; the parent company, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC  describes it as a hyperscale facility, “designed exclusively for advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.”"

"Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on May 1."

"Following the pandemic, the federal government is spending $150 million on new technology to ensure clean indoor air. Here’s what scientists are pursuing."

"Officials from the Nueces River Authority collected millions of dollars from cities and utility districts near San Antonio and Austin before they partnered with an Israeli desalination giant."

"A new report finds that mentioning all-electric heat pumps in real estate listings delivers a sales premium. But most agents don’t note the appliance."