The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial

The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is a chaotic person, but his Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda tends to follow a predictable logic. Large-scale, mandatory public health interventions – such as childhood vaccine requirements – are generally treated with suspicion and undermined. Personal choice – to drink unpasteurised milk, for example –…

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Sunday Edition: Adulterants | Food Safety News

In 1858, in Bradford, England, with sugar scarce and pricy, sweets sold to the public were adulterated with arsenic trioxide. Published: March 29, 2026, 8:00 am The severity of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to raw cheddar cheese from Raw Farm LLC continues to grow. Out of nine cases so far, more than half are in children…

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