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  1. Michael Harrop

    Article FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive, Dr. George Tidmarsh, to oversee US drug program, CDER (2025)

    https://apnews.com/article/fda-drugs-trump-makary-george-tidmarsh-88471eab7dcaf1ab8cc4dd2491218120 No mention of scrutinizing the safety of antibiotics, even though Dr. Makary is well-informed on their harms and their contribution to the chronic disease crisis.
  2. Michael Harrop

    Article Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A. How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency (Jul 2025)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine/fda-collapse-rfk-kennedy.html Includes some comments by the former FDA commissioner, Robert Califf. And ends with: NYT's article title is blaming RFK for cuts he wasn't responsible for. As far as I know, it was DOGE and the Office of Management...
  3. Michael Harrop

    Article Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back (Jun 2025)

    https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water
  4. Michael Harrop

    Study Certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS (Jul 2025) Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

    https://phys.org/news/2025-06-species-microbe-human-gut-absorb.html https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gut-microbes-could-protect-us-from-toxic-forever-chemicals https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02032-5
  5. Michael Harrop

    Article RFK Jr's MAHA project funnels millions from public health to private wellness industry (Jun 2025) MAHA’s Goal Is Not Health. Robert Kennedy’s movement promises more privatization

    https://boingboing.net/2025/06/27/rfk-jrs-maga-project-funnels-millions-from-public-health-to-private-wellness-industry.html https://www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/mahas-goal-is-not-health Some parts seem concerning. Other parts are written to raise concern, but aren't necessarily...
  6. Michael Harrop

    Article US FDA Makary’s Pharma CEO Tour Goes Against Transparency Rhetoric (May 2025) CEO Forums: An FDA Listening Tour to Engage Pharma CEOs

    https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/us-fda-makarys-pharma-ceo-tour-goes-against-transparency-rhetoric-3E5RP5IATVD73DRPQHZPSTHKRA/ https://www.fda.gov/industry/ceo-forums-fda-listening-tour-engage-pharma-ceos Related: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary Announces Major...
  7. Michael Harrop

    Article FDA Commissioner Marty Makary Announces Major New Policy to Limit Conflicts of Interest (Apr 2025) "we are removing industry members – pharma members – from FDA advisory committees"

    https://www.megynkelly.com/2025/04/17/marty-makary-announces-policy-to-limit-big-pharma-conflicts-of-interest-at-fda/
  8. Michael Harrop

    Study Glass bottles found to contain more microplastics than plastic bottles; mostly from the plastic paint on the caps (May 2025) Microplastic contaminations in a set of beverages sold in France

    https://phys.org/news/2025-06-glass-bottles-microplastics-plastic.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157525005344
  9. Michael Harrop

    Article The Secret Gamble at the FDA That Exposed Americans to Risky Drugs (Jun 2025) Factories, mostly in India, where inspectors found contaminated drugs, filthy labs, and falsified records, were given a pass to continue sending drugs to the US.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma
  10. Michael Harrop

    Study Polystyrene nanoplastics disrupt the intestinal microenvironment by altering bacteria-host interactions through extracellular vesicle-delivered microRNAs (Jun 2025, mice)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59884-y
  11. Michael Harrop

    Article Kennedy Says ‘Charlatans’ Are No Reason to Block Unproven Stem Cell Treatments. The U.S. health secretary said people should have access to experimental therapies including unregulated uses of stem cells. But some methods have resulted in blindness, tumors and other injuries. (Jun 2025)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/health/kennedy-stem-cells-experimental-treatments.html
  12. Michael Harrop

    Article Over the last several decades, the FDA has allowed pharma companies to sell hundreds of drugs to patients without adequate evidence that they work and, in many cases, with clear signs that they pose a risk of serious harm (Jun 2025)

    https://jacobin.com/2025/06/fda-approval-drugs-effectiveness-risk/
  13. Michael Harrop

    Video PFAS: How This Corporation Secretly Poisoned Our Food, Water, and Blood | More Perfect Union, Jun 2025

    The video covers the known harms and history of PFAS, and then covers this Trump administration's regulatory capture that will prevent anything from being done. Very depressing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0lsLnXX4U8
  14. Michael Harrop

    Study Millions of US children have parents with substance use disorder, and the consequences are staggering (May 2025) US Children Living With a Parent With Substance Use Disorder

    https://theconversation.com/millions-of-us-children-have-parents-with-substance-use-disorder-and-the-consequences-are-staggering-new-research-256979 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2833575
  15. Michael Harrop

    Article Toxic pesticide (glyphosate) levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water (May 2025)

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/toxic-pesticide-levels-found-in-tampons-40-times-higher-than-legal-limit-for-water https://www.pan-uk.org/period-products/ First heavy metals, now pesticides.
  16. Michael Harrop

    Article White House releases RFK Jr.-led report on chronic disease (May 2025) The MAHA Report, Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/maha/ https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/maha-commission-childhood-chronic-disease-root-causes.html The 70-page report: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WH-The-MAHA-Report-Assessment.pdf Articles...
  17. Michael Harrop

    Article Ziploc hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly misleading claims that the bags are "suitable" or "safe" to use in the freezer and microwave, despite placing people at elevated risk of exposure to microplastics (May 2025)

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/ziploc-hit-class-action-lawsuit-003500387.html With HumanMicrobes.org, I was having donors use compostable bags due to this concern. The compostable ones break easily though.
  18. Michael Harrop

    Study Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease (May 2025) "These findings suggest that pesticides applied to golf courses may play a role in the incidence PD for nearby residents"

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716
  19. Michael Harrop

    Study Biodegradable microplastics in mice gut trigger metabolic reprogramming, shedding light on safety concerns (May 2025) Incorporation of polylactic acid microplastics into the carbon cycle as a carbon source to remodel the endogenous metabolism of the gut

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-biodegradable-microplastics-mice-gut-trigger.html https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2417104122 More bad news for bioplastics :(
  20. Michael Harrop

    Article Consumer Reports warns of lead in popular gluten substitute. Cassava Flour, Chips, Bread, and More (May 2025)

    https://www.oregonlive.com/retail/2025/05/consumer-reports-warns-of-lead-in-popular-gluten-substitute.html https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/cassava-flour-chips-bread-more-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a7817220954/ Petition: Get toxic lead out of cassava products...
  21. Michael Harrop

    Study Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics (Apr 2025) Phthalate exposure from plastics and cardiovascular disease: global estimates of attributable mortality and years life lost

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-heart-disease-deaths-worldwide-linked.html https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(25)00174-4/fulltext A CNN article covers a previous, related study: Phthalates and attributable mortality: A population-based longitudinal cohort...
  22. Michael Harrop

    Article New vaccine to treat 15 types of cancer now available on NHS. New jab, nivolumab, will treat skin, bladder and oesophagus cancer, with 1,200 patients a month receiving it (May 2025)

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/cancer-vaccine-treatment-nhs-england-b2742432.html
  23. Michael Harrop

    Study Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health (Apr 2025)

    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr5214
  24. Michael Harrop

    Article Parkinson’s is a man-made disease - air pollution, industrial solvents, and pesticides (Apr 2025) Parkinson’s Disease Is Predominantly an Environmental Disease

    https://www.politico.eu/article/bas-bloem-parkinsons-pesticides-mptp-glyphosate-paraquat/
  25. Michael Harrop

    Study Brain-harming chemicals released from mattresses while children sleep (Apr 2025) Young Children’s Exposure to Chemicals of Concern in Their Sleeping Environment: An In-Home Study

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/health/child-mattress-bedding-toxins-wellness/index.html https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00051 Second study: Are Sleeping Children Exposed to Plasticizers, Flame Retardants, and UV-Filters from Their Mattresses...
  26. Michael Harrop

    Article Touching Paper Receipts for 10 Seconds Results in Unsafe Exposure to Highly Toxic BPS (Apr 2025) Nonprofit watchdog CEH takes legal action against 32 major retailers after their investigations found high levels of Bisphenol S (BPS)

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/bisphenol-s https://ceh.org/latest/press-releases/touching-1-receipt-for-10-seconds-results-in-exposure-to-the-chemical-bps-above-the-safe-limit/
  27. Michael Harrop

    Study Artificial Sweetener Sucralose Can Trick Your Brain Into Feeling More Hungry (Mar 2025) Non-caloric sweetener effects on brain appetite regulation in individuals across varying body weights

    https://www.sciencealert.com/artificial-sweetener-can-trick-your-brain-into-feeling-more-hungry https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01227-8
  28. Michael Harrop

    Video Why I lost faith in antidepressants after working at FDA | Dr. Josef (Oct 2024)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJEjojH7sE
  29. Michael Harrop

    Video The false promises of Bryan Johnson and Functional Medicine | The Bryan Johnson "Hit Piece". Surprising revelations in the New York Times put Johnson's integrity into question | Scott Carney

    He talks about bad outcomes from overconfident doctors, and how both the extreme ends of poor & rich have the worst outcomes. He also says that the most reputable hospitals get their high reputation from doing research, but that doesn't mean you'll get a better outcome from them...
  30. Michael Harrop

    Study Long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants increases the risk of GI diseases, while ozone may potentially offer some protective effects (Mar 2025, n=17,708) Long-term exposure to air pollution and gastrointestinal disease: findings from a nationwide cohort study in China

    https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21910-5
  31. Michael Harrop

    Study Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows (Mar 2025) A global estimate of multiecosystem photosynthesis losses under microplastic pollution

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/microplastic-pollution-is-messing-with-photosynthesis-in-plants/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2423957122
  32. Michael Harrop

    Study Scientists discover new part of the immune system. The body's protein recycling system fights bacteria (Mar 2025) Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv4jww3r4eo https://www.thehansindia.com/life-style/human-bodys-protein-recycling-system-fights-bacteria-like-antibiotics-study-951358 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08615-w
  33. Michael Harrop

    Study Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk (Jan 2025) Exposure to Drinking Water Trihalomethanes and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence and Dose–Response Meta-Analysis

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/water-chlorination-cancer-risk-us-eu https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP14505
  34. Michael Harrop

    Article Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you? Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health. (Feb 2025)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8
  35. Michael Harrop

    Study Eating from plastic takeout containers may significantly increase chance of heart failure (Nov 2024, n=3179) Effects of leachate from disposable plastic takeout containers on the cardiovascular system after thermal contact

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/eating-from-plastic-takeout-containers-may-significantly-increase-chance-of-heart-failure-study-explains-how-101739585904435-amp.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651324014593
  36. Michael Harrop

    Study Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains (Jan, 2025) Microplastics in the bloodstream can induce cerebral thrombosis by causing cell obstruction and lead to neurobehavioral abnormalities

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/11/microplastics-mice-brains https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr8243
  37. Michael Harrop

    Study Man on carnivore diet develops yellowish nodules on his hands, feet and elbows from cholesterol build-up (Jan 2025) Yellowish Nodules on a Man Consuming a Carnivore Diet

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-carnivore-diet-yellowish-nodules-feet.html https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2828915
  38. Michael Harrop

    Study Q&A: Assessing, addressing poor diet quality during pregnancy. Lower education & income, & high BMI are risk factors for low diet quality (Nov 2024) Diet quality from early pregnancy through 1-y postpartum: a prospective cohort study

    https://www.healio.com/news/womens-health-ob-gyn/20250124/qa-assessing-addressing-poor-diet-quality-during-pregnancy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916524007482
  39. Michael Harrop

    Study Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children (Jan 2025) Fluoride Exposure and Children’s IQ Scores. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/health/fluoride-children-iq.html https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2828425
  40. Michael Harrop

    Study The brain controls body weight and obesity by regulating intestinal fat absorption (Sep 2024, mice) A brain-to-gut signal controls intestinal fat absorption

    https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-12-23/the-brain-controls-body-weight-and-obesity-by-regulating-intestinal-fat-absorption.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07929-5
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