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Toxic convenience: what science tells us about plastic’s hidden costs

As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing the full scale of the plastics crisis, from toxic chemicals in the production process to the effect of microplastics in the human body.

Radio France Internationale

When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told

We have no idea how many people have been killed in Gaza but I would bet my own life that the number is far higher than the 60,000 number the media uses

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on plastic pollution: global action is desperately needed to deal with this scourge

Editorial: Delegates at UN treaty talks must not allow negotiations to be derailed again by fossil fuel interests

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Tuesday briefing: What fraught talks to reach a ‘Paris agreement for plastic pollution’ could bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside a critical summit of 179 countries at the UN in Geneva to secure a treaty that will combat plastic pollution

The Guardian - UK

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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Liver cancer cases could double by 2050. A new study says 60% are preventable

Experts call for urgent global action on hepatitis, alcohol, and obesity as new data shows that while preventable liver cancer cases are on the rise, the right mix of policy, prevention, and public awareness could save millions of lives.

Euronews

Did USAID Really Save 90 Million Lives? Not Unless It Raised the Dead

A Lancet study’s inflated numbers are being used to push a partisan narrative, not inform public policy.

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Why the AI boom requires an Wyatt Earp

If AI becomes a Wild West who will clean up Dodge?

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UK and US aid cuts 'may reverse global progress by 30 years', study finds

US president Donald Trump’s choice to cut the majority of US foreign aid funding could result in a “staggering” 14 million deaths by 2030 –…

The National (Scotland)

Sponge test ‘could benefit thousands of people’ with Barrett’s oesophagus

In some people with the condition, cells grow abnormally and develop into oesophageal cancer.

The Independent UK

A quarter of the world’s population are adolescents: major report sets out health and wellbeing trends

The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016. The latest report presents substantial original research that supports actions it recommends to be taken across sectors as well…

The Conversation

RFK Jr. Denigrates Privately Funded Medical Research

The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism.

Reason

RFK Jr Issues Ultimatum to Medical Journals: 'Change Dramatically' or Fed Scientists Will Publish Elsewhere

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. threatened top medical journals, warning that NIH scientists could be barred from publishing in what he called "corrupt" publications

Latin Times

‘They’re all corrupt!’: RFK Jr. threatens to pull government scientists from top medical journals

Losing scientists one day at a time.

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The Guardian - US

RFK Jr threatens ban on federal scientists publishing in top journals

US health secretary calls leading medical journals such as Lancet ‘corrupt’ and pushes to create state-run alternatives

The Guardian - UK

Half a billion young people will be obese or overweight by 2030, report finds

Health of adolescents worldwide has reached a ‘tipping point’, authors of Lancet commission analysis warn

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UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza

Palestinian rights group says remarks criticising a Lancet analysis on impact of the conflict are ‘sickening’

The Independent UK

Scientists find first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea since the 1990s amid rise in ‘super’ strains

As ‘super gonorrhoea’ rises, researchers warn the STI could become ‘impossible’ to treat

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New gonorrhoea treatment hailed as breakthrough in fight against drug resistance

Researchers say gepotidacin could be delivered via a pill and help combat strains resistant to standard treatment

The Times of India

Diet for a long life: Planetary health diet which can support longevity beyond 100

Until now, Mediterranean diet was considered to be the healthiest one. Recently, the limelight has shifted to planetary health diet. The term "Planetary Health Diet" was introduced by the EAT-Lancet Commission in their 2019 report titled "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems."…

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan sparks anger from Israeli Embassy as they accuse him of citing 'Hamas propaganda'

Mayor’s video acknowledges Muslim Londoners’ anguish over the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza, as Israel claims figures are unreliable

Al Jazeera

Most adults, a third of children will be overweight or obese by 2050: Study

Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.

The Guardian - UK

More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report

Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to health

The Independent UK

Number of obese children and adults in the UK ‘will rise substantially by 2050’

Children as young as five face a future of growing obesity, according to a new report.

The Guardian - UK

After call to overhaul diagnosis of obesity, how can you tell if your weight is a problem?

Report by Lancet Commission says BMI should be used as ‘screening tool’ rather than determining factor

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