By Jane Orient, M.D., Executive Director, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
If your main activity is getting health care, it suggests that you are very sick.
If the industry in your state providing the most employment is health care, it suggests that the population is extremely unhealthy. That would be most states, as the figure shows.
As part of its national Education Initiative on Vaccine Safety, Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) has delivered its landmark book, “Vaccines and the Diseases They Target: An Analysis of Vaccine Safety and Epidemiology” (the Silver Booklet), to every member of Congress, as well as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The book equips lawmakers with scientific and statistical data showing that, for normal-risk U.S. children,vaccines have not been proven safer than the diseases they intend to prevent.
Dyes like Congo red and methyl orange create brightly hued shirts, sweaters and dresses. But these commonly used azo dyes can be toxic, carcinogenic and are hard to remove from wastewater.
David Chem, a University of Arkansas chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate, developed an environmentally friendly solution to remove these dyes using a common byproduct of the pulp and paper industry the University announced in a release Monday.
Azo dyes are used in 60-70% of commercial textile production. The dyes dissolve easily in water and resist biodegradation, which makes them an environmental hazard. The runoff from garment plants has the highest concentration of azo dyes, but they also end up in municipal wastewater from washing clothes.
David Chem, chemical engineering graduate student, holds on the right a vial of water with methyl orange dye. On the left, the water is clear after modified lignin bonds with the dye and falls to the bottom of the vial. Photo by Russell Cothren
In a release after a broadcast press conference late yesterday the White House wrote:
“The Trump Administration does not believe popping more pills is always the answer for better health. There is mounting evidence finding a connection between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism — and that’s why the Administration is courageously issuing this new health guidance. Additionally, the Trump Administration is approving a new treatment option that has been found to improve some autism symptoms. President Trump pledged to address America’s skyrocketing rates of autism, and his team is deploying Gold Standard Science to deliver on this pledge. We will not be deterred in these efforts as we know millions across America are grateful.” — Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
President Donald J. Trump joined Administration officials yesterday to announce major progress in understanding the root causes of autism, which has exploded (see cart below) in diagnoses over the past two decades, and unveil bold new initiatives to tackle the autism epidemic.
Wednesday August 27, on Fox & Friends, Griff Jenkins reported on Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy’s recent interview discussing nicotine and smoking, calling pouches “the safest way to consume nicotine.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.