Last Scroll for Alcohol? Study Links Teen Social Media Bingeing to Early Substance Use November 20, 2024 A new study has unveiled alarming connections between excessive social media use and substance experimentation in pre-teens, raising urgent questions about the role of social media companies in safeguarding young users. The findings, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, suggest that pre-teens who spend excessive time on social platforms are more likely to experiment with […] Read More
Federal Judge Upholds Key School District Claims in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit November 8, 2024 Court Allows Negligence Allegations Against Tech Giants to Proceed On October 24, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers entered her order on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the School District and Local Government Entities’ Master Complaint In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Product Liability Litigation MDL No. 3047. In response to the […] Read More
Syngenta spent decades attempting to quiet health concerns about its profitable herbicide. November 7, 2024 by Evy Lewis, Investigate Midwest, Investigate Midwest October 23, 2024 In 2004, John Platt and his wife purchased 26 acres of untouched woodlands in Florida’s panhandle. As they transformed it into a horse ranch, they toppled trees and stripped the undergrowth with the herbicide paraquat. Through 2012, Platt sprayed the powerful weedkiller for multiple days […] Read More
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