Category Archives: Science

Next in Government Spending?

So people will start breathing again as Congress has decided to reopen the government. But let’s look forward to the discussions to be held which will very much impact those people who buy the ACA and subsidies.

Envision a pair of pants with many pockets. The pockets hold the distributed tax dollars in varying amounts. The owner of the pants is taxpayers, but the wearer is simply a robot controlled by all levels of government.

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EHT Responds to “Radiation Fears”

The New York Times recently published an article under the headline “Radiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conflict” — a piece which editorializes on the MAHA Report’s seeming consideration of tightening safety for cell phone radiation at the same time that the Trump administration weighs looser regulations for the nuclear industry.

While we at Environmental Health Trust are always encouraged to see serious discussion about the health impacts of wireless radiation, we were disappointed to see several factual errors, omissions, and misrepresentations in the article. We take the opportunity here to address these inaccuracies.

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PIC’s Landmark Vaccine Book

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.

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Pulp Mill Waste To Green Solution

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
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