Just Divide Everything They Say by Eight
An early-era Monty Python sketch has a scene in a bed shop in which all the staff are perfectly normal, but for the fact that you need to divide what they say by ten, or multiply it by two, or not say the word 'mattress'.
And today, as often before, reality has matched the Pythons .
From the open-access journal PLoS Medicine comes an article showing that industry-supported soft-drink science is nearly eight times more likely to conclude that its sponsor's product are beneficial compared to independently funded studies. ... read more »
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Ch. 6. Pesticides, Genetic Engineering, Public Science, Cuba | Global | humour | nutrition | public interest | science | video
Posted on 9 January, 2007 - 18:12
The Meatrix turned over 10 million people on to the dangers of industrial agriculture. Even if its final message ('buy organic') didn't quite get to the heart of the trouble with the food system today, it was vastly entertaining, and a great Food System 101 course in just over two minutes.
Now, they've released not only The Meatrix 2:Revolting but, below, The Meatrix 2½. ... read more »
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Ch. 6. Pesticides, Genetic Engineering, Public Science, Cuba | agribusiness | Cyberspace | humour | media | organic | video
Posted on 30 November, 2006 - 22:57
Meet the new supermarket, same as the old supermarket
In China, a supermarket has introduced a brand new, whizzbang up to the minute supermarket format – one in which shoppers sit in an electric rollercoaster car and are whizzed around the store, slowing to pluck goodies from the aisles.
As the commentator notes at the end of this wee clip, the only disadvantage is that if you miss something, you’ll need to do the whole thing all over again. ... read more »
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Ch. 8. Supermarkets | China | convenience | supermarkets | video
Posted on 30 November, 2006 - 22:17
What do you get when you put together Fox News, the titan of mass media mendacity, with Monsanto’s truth-bending talent?
Here's a clip from the award-winning documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan - The Corporation. It's a worrying tale of the suppression of information around Monsanto's hormone products, most commonly found in US milk. ... read more »
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Ch. 6. Pesticides, Genetic Engineering, Public Science, Cuba | agribusiness | Florida | Fox News | media | Monsanto | United States | video
Posted on 30 November, 2006 - 02:06
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