Harm Reduction

On May 26, 2026, Vermont became the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a weed-killing pesticide, due to its potential link to Parkinson’s disease.

This September, I cried at a rock festival.  

Who among us, in a moment of worry over some strange ache or pain, hasn't searched for what could be causing it instead of booking a doctor's appointment?

The average laying chicken has a life expectancy of about two years, far greater than that of its brethren, chickens bred for meat, who barely reach chicken “tweenhood” at six weeks, when they “move on.” So for the laying chicken, free-range

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) measures glucose levels between cells, giving people with diabetes up-to-the-minute information on whether their blood glucose is above, below, or within range.

I like to receive emails from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Given my work at ACSH, I think of it as opposition research.

September is Eye Safety Month, and if there’s a better reason to write about eye safety and pickleball, it eludes me.

While studying to become a psychologist years ago, I worked as a psych tech on an inpatient psychiatric unit. I became friends with four other psych techs, and we would sometimes get together after work for ping pong, chess, and pot.

There’s strange fruit hanging from tree trunks and telephone poles in Los Angeles, 

With the Surgeon General’s 1964 statement on tobacco, the global nicotine landscape shifted.