GLP Weekly: ‘Almost Family’ vs. ‘Testaments’ on dangers of sperm bank donations; Flawed study links pesticides to cardiovascular disease; and more!

GLP Features Articles by GLP staff and contributors

Viewpoint: Critical flaws plague new study linking ‘heavy’ pesticide exposure to cardiovascular disease Geoffrey Kabat Fox’s ‘Almost Family’ vs. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel ‘The Testaments’—different takes on the dangers of sperm bank donations Ricki Lewis Probiotics as ‘living medicine’: Synthetic biology takes on gut diseases, metabolic syndromes Kostas Vavitsas Infographic: Eliminating synthetic fertilizer won’t solve agriculture’s nitrogen pollution problem Alyssa Codamon, Dan Rejto Viewpoint: ‘Big Ag’ owns scientists who endorse safety of GMOs? Busting the anti-biotech movement’s favorite myth Cameron English Could blood from babies’ umbilical cords rejuvenate our grandparents’ brains? Meredith Knight Chasing freedom from food allergies through controversial oral immunotherapy treatments Esther Landhuis Podcast: Farming without chemicals: Pesticide-carrying bees poised to revolutionize agriculture? Ashish Malik, Cameron English Experimental blood tests for Alzheimer’s could boost research, treatment of the disease Steven DeKosky, Todd Golde Examining Sweden’s ties to anti-GMO conference in Africa, through taxpayer-funded Swedish Society for Nature Conservation Per-Ola Olsson