In their book “Art and Fear”, David Bayles and Ted Orland tell of a ceramics teacher who announced on the opening day of class that he was dividing the students into two groups. Half were told that they would be graded on quantity. The pots they had made would be weighed. They would get an …
A 1958 law allows food companies to avoid formal regulations if it can show that the additives they use are generally used and regarded as safe. About a third of the time companies make safety evaluations in secret without ever telling the FDA, and a single consultant can sign off on safety determinations. Even when they …
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…..,,,,,,, 75% of Americans think climate change is a problem that needs fixing. And most of them claim they’re “willing to do absolutely anything necessary to stop this impending disaster”. Their actions, however, tell a very different story. Are they embracing electric cars? Hardly. Fewer than 3% of all cars, SUVs, pickup trucks and light-duty …
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Local Republican legislators in 43 States are desperately trying to make abortion more onerous. By the end March this year they had introduced 791 provisions related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Nearly 42% of these provisions (332 provisions) seek to restrict access to abortion services; fifty-three abortion restrictions had been approved by a legislative …
12% of 16- to 24-year-olds think honey is produced by farmers squeezing bees. A fifth think fish fingers are made from the fingers of fish. 15% don’t know that lamb comes from sheep. 9% think potatoes grow on trees. ( Rowse/Daily Mirror) Could this possibly be true? I would like to think these young people are having the survey-takers on, teasing them. No …
