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Jeffrey Munn, MFT's avatar

So incredibly important to read, yet so hard to read. The authoritarian actions of this administration are clear to anyone paying attention. The most anti-science, anti-truth administration in US history.

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Valerie Monroe's avatar

Brilliant post, brilliant analogies. Thank you for the work you're doing here.

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Lindsay Dahl's avatar

I really appreciate this context and post Jessica. I cover some of this dynamic and history in my upcoming book where I unpack the science, politics and culture of clean living. And how things have gotten so messy that we are actually now losing sight and seeing rollbacks to critical environmental health protections that DO have a body of science around them (like PFAS in waste water) etc.

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j.e. moyer, LPC's avatar

This EXACTLY what the tobacco industry did when it paid a group of scientists to undermine perfectly good science to poke holes in it to sow seeds of doubt. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.91.11.1745

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wyatt's avatar

Spot On...Unfortunately...

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Li Bendet's avatar

Let's go back to climate change denialism. That's on Charles Koch and other oiligarchs. Had the far right billionaires not gotten a lockdown on policy through the Republican Party, we would be much further along in dealing with the challenges we face in the 21rst C.

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Kelly's avatar

RFK Jr. is filing the new vaccine committee with anti-vaccine pseudoscientists and major resignations from the FDA, CDC, and NIH? Where is the media?! This should be FRONT PAGE NEWS.

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Lorin's avatar

Thank you for writing this. Such great information. Very hard to read as others have said, but something we really need to be thinking about.

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Bill's avatar

Bravo. This is excellent.

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