Category: Governance

Righteous Risks Part 4: Vaporising e-cigarettes

To put it lightly, the tobacco industry is unloved. The WHO has led a decades-long campaign to denormalise “Big Tobacco” – ostracising these companies and working with activist allies to exclude them from participating in policy, public discourse and societal institutions. There are an army of institutions and NGOs who have one goal and only…

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Righteous Risks: Introduction

Synthetic pesticides are under constant regulatory pressure, but not organic pesticides “Green” renewables and EVs have very little regulatory scrutiny Food additives need to meet tight authorisation controls, but not more toxic natural foods Tobacco cessation products (like e-cigarettes) are being restricted on the basis of poor evidence Certain seed breeding innovations are banned even…

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Technocratic Consequences

Should we be Putting Scientists back on Top? French translation Winston Churchill once reportedly said “Scientists should be on tap, but not on top.” Now I do understand that nobody likes to be kept in a little box, waiting to be opened when needed … to only give a “Yes/No” answer. I also feel that…

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