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A New GMO Labeling Rule Takes Effect, but Food Anxieties Remain January 20, 2022
A new federal policy requiring companies to label genetically engineered foods has sparked a predictable backlash. But the roots of the GMO controversy run deeper than the technology itself. Instead, they stem from an array of food justice issues that are far too big and complex to fit on any label.
Kavin Senapathy
Can an Equation to Help Determine Kidney Health Be Racist? January 19, 2022
In 2020, a racial reckoning swept through America, crystallized by the murder of George Floyd and the health inequities exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Race-based health calculators came under fire at many medical schools, protested by a new generation of medical students, residents, and young doctors.
Jill Neimark
To Skirt Air Pollution Oversight, States Can Play Hide and Seek January 18, 2022
In theory, a network of EPA ground monitors should track PM2.5 pollution levels in U.S. neighborhoods. But in practice, experts say, that system is broken, with levels often higher than what the monitors indicate. Recent research shows this overlooked pollution disproportionately harms people of color.
Nancy Averett