A righteous risk is a threat of harm to societal well-being that arises when decisions are based solely on widely-shared moral perceptions, social virtues and ethical ideals. This value-based policy approach does not consider facts or data in a consistent manner with certain actors, reinforced by social media tribes, imposing their ideals upon others. Righteous…
Category: NGO lobbying
An Ex-Post on the Failed Glyphosate Campaign
Today the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF committee) was again unable to get a qualified majority vote for or against extending the authorisation of glyphosate. With the three largest countries (France, Germany and Italy) all “strategically abstaining”, the European Commission exercised its right to move forward and approve the reauthorisation…
Why Activists Lie
15 reasons to help understand why activists continually lie
Glyphysteria: The Mob has a New Public Enemy #1
There’s a new Public Enemy #1 to channel activist rage on glyphosate
The Industry Complex (Conclusion): 12 Recommendations to Stop the Rot
After 7 chapters asking questions, it’s time for some recommendations.
My Experience with a Health Journalist on Aspartame
A news reporter contacted the Risk-Monger. It didn’t go as planned.
SlimeGate 3.1: AsparTort 2.1/4: Ramazzinian Rites
Join the Ramazzini sect and enjoy untold political privileges.
Our Youth are Terrified… So What!
I am now (officially) a grumpy old man. Time to complain about the youth.
The EU Greenwashing Directive: Only an Industrial Disease?
Do NGOs and government greenwash? They don’t think so.
An Ashamed Greenpeace
Greenpeace is too embarrassed to celebrate winning a case.
NGO Science: Inside the Mind of a Cult Eco-Warrior
An analysis of a leaked internal document from German anti-biotech NGOs
SlimeGate 4.2.1: Into the Slime. A Film Review of Into the Weeds
This anti-glyphosate campaign film is an ode to our heroic Predatorts.
The Risk-Monger 