By Lewis Perdue Co-Principal Investigator Stealth Syndromes Human Study Co-founder, Stealth Syndromes Project Chairman, Center for Research on Environmental Chemicals in Humans The recent population study of adults in China that found no cardio-protective benefits of moderate alcohol consumption should be re-examined in the context of methodological and confounding factors not addressed in the published […]
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Paleogenetics looks at the origins of the ability to metabolize alcohol
Humans have been consuming ethyl alcohol — ethanol — for millions of years. Indeed, the ability to consume alcohol may have shaped primate evolution. Humans have this ability because, in addition to obvious beverage sources, alcohol is present in many common foods such as bread and other bakery products, fruit and fruit juices (Gorgus, et, […]
All moderate alcohol consumption studies are “all over the charts”
All moderate alcohol consumption studies are “all over the charts” because they are epidemiological and plagued by confounding factors no matter how hard investigators work to control for those. Epidemiology is a correlative method that cannot conclude causation. This is true even with newer statistical techniques such as Mendelian Randomization.For an extended examination of the […]
Building a Better Baby Bottle Dispatches from the great plastics war
In the summer of 2016: [A] small Texas-based company began marketing a plastic baby bottle it claims is the first on the market to be “guaranteed” safe from health risks associated with bottles made from commonly used bisphenol-A (BPA). “The rollout is modest; the company is selling the bottle on a website and using […]
BPA alternative disrupts normal brain-cell growth, is tied to hyperactivity, study says
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have shown why a chemical once thought to be a safe alternative to bisphenol-A, which was abandoned by manufacturers of baby bottles and sippy cups after a public outcry, might itself be more harmful than BPA. University of Calgary scientists say they think their research is the first to show […]
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Diabetes drug found in freshwater is a potential endocrine disruptor What Do We Really Know About Roundup Weed Killer? Weed Killer In Round Up: Long Cleared, Now Doubted Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal The hotly contested link between science denial and conspiracy theories Study Links Widely Used Pesticides to […]
Driving Innovation: How Stronger Laws Pull Safer Chemicals into the Market
The following is excerpted from PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: DRIVING INNOVATION: HOW STRONGER LAWS PULL SAFER CHEMICALS INTO THE MARKET and makes a solid case that chemical industry rants against protecting the general public are false. People OR Profits? “A common refrain by the regulated (or soon-to-be regulated) industry is that stricter laws over […]
Chemical Touted In BPA-Free Products May Cause Heart Problem.
Many “BPA-free” products have substituted an almost identical chemical to BPA that has its own health-causing effects. The substitute, bisphenol S (BPS) has the basic chemical structure as bisphenol A (BPA). Evidence is not mounting that the use of BPS is a “bait and switch” scheme designed for promoting products instead of health. As a […]
How Stealth Corporate Influence Corrupts Science
The Stealth Syndromes project relies primarily on original source information that the two founders gather from peer-reviewed scientific publications or from their own research. We do not usually rely on articles in the popular media because they tend to be incomplete, flawed, badly sourced, and (all too often) biased in obvious ways. The following piece, […]