By Tyler Durden A new study reported on this week says that lead in gasoline could be tied to “over 150 million excess cases of mental health disorders”, including anxiety, depression and ADHD, according to NBC News. A new study estimates that childhood exposure to…
By Tyler Durden One of the reasons governments are moving to restrict teenagers’ access to social media is the fear of its harm to mental health. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, the topic has been reignited by the release of a new book titled The Anxious Generation,…
By Tyler Durden According to the International Diabetes Federation, 537 million people between the ages of 20 and 79 suffered from diabetes worldwide in 2021. This represents 10.5 percent of the world population in this age group. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, the total…
By Tyler Durden In most OECD countries that collect self-reported weight data, more than half of adults are overweight or obese (2023 or latest available data). However, as Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, obesity prevalence was particularly high in the United States, with just over a third…
By Tyler Durden This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, lists some of the American population’s most common nutrient deficiencies along with the symptoms to spot them, and the sources of food they can be found in. Data is sourced from the Micronutrient Information Center at Oregon State…
By Tyler Durden Does anyone else find it strange that Covid experts, such as epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, are back in the media, now sounding the alarm about bird flu as the next pandemic? They’re even scaremongering about raw milk, claiming it will contribute to…
By Tyler Durden Two thirds of the calories children in Britain are getting are coming from “ultra processed” foods, new research suggests. Ultra-processed foods include ice cream, processed meats, chips, mass-produced bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits and sodas. They make up a “significant proportion” of the diet…
By Tyler Durden A recent preprint study which relies on extensive data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) paints a concerning picture of the neurological health landscape in the United States. The study, which focuses on those aged 15-44, reveals a disturbing…
By Tyler Durden New research suggests that ultra-processed vegan food can increase the risk of heart disease and early death, the NY Post reports, citing a new study published in The Lancet from the University of São Paulo and Imperial College London. Ultra-processed foods (UPFs)…
By Tyler Durden According to the Statista Market Insights, more than 15 percent of food sales in Denmark are of organic products, making the country the biggest market for organic food in relative terms. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz shows in the chart below, Austria, Luxembourg…
By Tyler Durden Major medical bandages, including from brands Band-Aid and Curad, were found to contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer, according to a new report. The chemical, fluorine, was found in over two-dozen different bandages, the Daily Mail reports. PFAS chemicals…
By Tyler Durden Following concerns over research to embed vaccines in produce, the Tennessee Senate has passed a bill which would require any food containing vaccines or vaccine materials to be labeled as pharmaceutical drugs. The bill, HB 1894, was passed by the Senate in…
By Tyler Durden Acne treatments are the latest product to be found to contain high levels of benzene – a chemical linked to cancer. The revelations comes via Bloomberg on Wednesday morning, who wrote that popular brands like Proactiv, Target Corp.’s Up & Up and Clinique all have…
By Tyler Durden Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant has been discharging batches of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for six months. A new report, however, has brought to light a newly discovered leak that caused tons of contaminated water to seep into the…
By Tyler Durden It looks like a step forward has been taken in the longstanding task of figuring out energy and cost-efficient ways of desalinating ocean water. According to ABC, scientists at Tianjin’s Nankai University have innovated a solar-powered desalination system that harnesses smart DNA…
By Tyler Durden A 30-year-old Danish healthcare trainee is seeking $1.6 million in compensation through Denmark’s workers’ compensation program, after sustaining major injuries from a single dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Berlingske reports. Jasmin Jenson took the jab on February 27, 2021 – just…
By Tyler Durden 32 percent of people surveyed in Poland as part of Statista’s Consumer Insights survey say they have little confidence in the safety of vaccinations. As Statista’s Anna Fleck notes, the low influenza vaccination rate among older individuals in Poland points to the potential practical consequences of…
By Tyler Durden Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Pfizer and Tris Pharma “for defrauding the Texas Medicaid program by providing adulterated pharmaceutical drugs to Texas children.” Specifically, Pfizer’s ADHD drug “Quillivant XR” was “knowingly distributed” to children on Medicaid despite the drugmaker’s “pattern…
By Tyler Durden U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3%, with 20,538 deaths recorded in 2022, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Wednesday. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, the rate had been almost continuously falling since CDC records began in 1995,…
By Tyler Durden Tyson Foods Inc. is buying a stake in insect-protein company Protix BV. The two companies will collaborate to establish a manufacturing facility in the US to produce bug-based meal and oil, typically used in fish feed and dog food. The American meatpacker…
