Faulty lead test kits made by Magellan Diagnostics may have been used as late as 2021 to test children for exposure to the toxic metal. The company agreed to pay $42 million to settle criminal charges that it concealed malfunctions.
Monday, July 14, 2025
One Issue Proved Key to the Opposition’s Stunning Success in India’s Election: Caste Politics
Did Modi’s BJP suffer a setback due to failing to provide enough economic benefits to lower-caste voters?
Black Sea Port Becomes Geopolitical Battleground Between China and the EU
Western handwringing over China building a port a little too close to Europe’s backyard.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Trump, Trump, Trump; Taylor Swift, superspreader; many new Covid numbers, some irritating; Vivian Maier’s first exhibition; steroids: is everybody really taking them? ~
The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage
The US does not look to have come out well from its latest dominance display against Russia.
X Premium Users Face Stark Choice: Hand Over Biometric Identitifiers to “Spooky” Israeli Firm or Get Demonetised
“The personal data processed by this X subcontractor includes data of a sovereign nature. An identity document is a sensitive document. This raises a number of questions…”
When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car
The problem with the EV as a climate change remedy is that it is still a car.
Research on Earth’s Raging Heat of 2023-24 Is Picking Up
La Niña will most likely quell a stretch of global record heat, but human-produced greenhouse gases loom as large as ever.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump Georgia case delayed; Joe and Jill Biden at Omaha Beach; don’t try this at home! ~
The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
Does a critique of EU migration policies reveal more than it intended to?
In Virginia, Data Centers Collide with Zero-Carbon Goals
With electric demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state considers how to meet its goal of decarbonizing the grid.
Georgia Appeals Court Halts Trump Election Interference Case
There is much rending of hair over Trump winning delay in his election interference case that will push any trial past the election.
