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Unpacking the science on chemicals and health, challenging industry spin and wellness myths, and sharing my unfiltered thoughts on toxins, health, and wellness culture. Currently pursuing my MPH @ UML

Newsletter · By Lara Adler · English · Official site

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Aug 12, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Clean water is no longer a right and other fun stuff (opens the original)

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    Hey Friend! It’s been a while since I’ve written a newsletter-format post, but I’ve got 100 buzzing bees of information, current events, and projects swarming, so I thought I’d lay them out here. Americans do not have a constitutional right to clean water. Last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-5 that clean drinking water isn’t a constitutional right. Residents of Jackson, Mississippi said that years of decisions by city officials allowed lead to remain in the drinking water, all w

  2. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    No, food was not better 150 years ago... or 100 years ago... (opens the original)

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    This is part 1 of a series of an unknown number of parts. If you spend any time in food or wellness spaces online, you’ve probably heard people proclaim that the food their grandparents and great-grandparents ate was better than what we have now. I’ve been in this space for 25 years, and 25 years ago people were saying, “Food was better 100 years ago” - meaning 1900 - and today, 26 years later, people are still saying, “Food was better 100 years ago,” except now that means 1926! The time period

  3. Issue · Aug 24, 2026

    Environmental Health: Look, Listen, Read: August 2026 (opens the original)

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    Any opportunity to reference Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a good day - a great day even. But his “life moves pretty fast” quote couldn’t be more perfect for describing the constant flood of information about environmental health topics bearing down on us. <source type="image/webp

  4. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    If everything is toxic, nothing is toxic (opens the original)

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    Everything sounds like a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.If you’ve spent any time online over the last decade, you’ve likely seen some wild stuff about QAnon, the “great replacement theory,” reptilian shape-shifters, flat earth, the Denver International Airport being the headquarters of the Illuminati, and so on. They’re everywhere. No matter what happens, conspiracy theories survive and come back again and again. Like roaches. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href=

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