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Plant-based foods Banning Kools A dress with a mystery Dishing the dirt on the discovery of DNA
Why do we treat ports gambling differently? The myopic are coming Mick Jagger is 80 and has a heart valve. My music and musicians are getting old. More Smoke and Mirrors from Florida
The climate is changing while concerns about air pollution linger on.
Like many creatives, life experiences influence my work, in this case, my writing.  This year, the dominant emotion was stress (and adventure), which leached into my articles and drove some of the focus.
Science speaks on behalf of the Radium Girls Fun Facts 2023 Geometry as art Data Leakage, Oh My!
Ignoring science at the risk of the next generation – water distribution of the Colorado Elite Universities are just cartels. Where’s the beef? Where’s the chicken?
Over the last 12 months, I continued with my preoccupation over EPA’s misrepresentation of the science in its treatment of PFAS, the “Forever Chemicals.” But Fluoride and Dutch Innovation also caught my fancy.
In 2019, I joined ACSH's contributing writers group because I admire the mission, and sought an outlet for some long-held dilemmas concerning the health effects of air pollution. Since then, my interests, along with those of my long-time colleague Sheldon Lipsky, have morphed along three tracks: air pollution, climate change, and original research on COVID-19. Here are a few articles on those topics.
My favorites of 2023, poor taste included.
The week between Christmas and the New Year has traditionally been a time of reflection on the past year. I joined the writing staff of the American Council on Science and Health at the beginning of 2023. As I look back over 100+ articles, ranging from “Holiday Heart” to Sickle Cell Disease, and from advances in science and health to shortcomings in communicating developments in public health, here are a few of my favorites.
Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of the topics I have covered this past year. [apologies to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II]