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Psycho-Educational Assessments Can Reveal Children's Hidden Strengths

March 26, 2008 - Psycho-Educational Assessments Can Reveal Children's Hidden Strengths

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A return to nuclear testing: Trump orders Pentagon to resume explosive assessments

October 31, 2025 -

In a move that marks a significant shift in U.S. defense policy, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has directed the Department of War to immediately restart the testing of nuclear weapons. The decision, communicated via the president's Truth Social platform, ends a voluntary moratorium on such explosive testing that has been in place for over three decades. The order is presented as a strategic imperative to match the nuclear advancements ...

FDA overhauls COVID-19 vaccine authorizations: Approvals narrowed as emergency clearances withdrawn amid shifting risk assessments

September 01, 2025 -

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly reshaped the nation's Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination landscape, withdrawing emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for three vaccines while granting updated approvals for four others – a move that reflects declining public health urgency, shifting risk-benefit calculations and lingering debates over vaccine mandates and access.

In a series of decisions announced this week, the FDA revoked ...

PROGRESS: Corporate “wokeism” backlash drives S&P Global to dump ESG metrics in credit quality assessments

August 15, 2023 -

According to the Epoch Times, S&P Global Ratings has been rating companies since 2021 on a scale from one to five, (best to worst) in each of the three components of ESG. But two years later, the agency's scoring system is being dropped in the rating agency's credit quality assessments of publicly rated firms because the ratings are reportedly not being accepted by its customers. "Effective immediately, we are no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports ...

Public schools are conducting mental and psychological assessments of your children each month without parental permission

July 10, 2017 - assessments raise alarm on misdiagnosis, privacy risks

As a response to the unwarranted mental health evaluations, an article posted on The National Pulse website argued that tests could be influenced by imminent biases of the untrained teachers, which in turn may lead to assessments that are subjective in nature. For instance, the article contends how a teacher who appreciates a lively student may rate the latter differently compared with a teacher who appreciates ...

The Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden block vote to renew Monsanto’s glyphosate license, calling for further safety assessments

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The Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden block vote to renew Monsanto’s glyphosate license, calling for further safety assessments

March 10th, 2016, by Julie Wilson

Biotech giant Monsanto is finally suffering the consequences of poisoning people and the environment with their cancer-causing herbicide, Roundup. Monsanto, which is on record for operating like a vicious mafia, was called out by the World Health Organization ...

'Safety assessments' on nearly all common food additives found to be manipulated by processed food industry: Study

August 20, 2013 - 'Safety assessments' on nearly all common food additives found to be manipulated by processed food industry: Study

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: safety assessments, food additives, processed food industry

Food additive companies not even required to submit GRAS requests to FDA

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EPA busted by whistleblowers for falsifying risk assessments regarding dangerous chemicals in yet another blow to agency’s credibility

September 03, 2021 -

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has become the latest example of this.

Whistleblowers claim the agency has been lying on risk assessments regarding dangerous new chemicals in order to downplay their risks so they can be more quickly approved for use by companies that donate to the elected leaders in charge of EPA 'oversight,' The Guardian reported this week.

The outlet noted:Over the past five years, the EPA has not rejected any new ...

Updating the Dietary Guideline Index to reflect age- and gender-specific guidelines may improve assessments of diet quality

May 20, 2020 -

In order to assess the success of dietary guidelines, researchers use a measure known as the Dietary Guidelines Index (DGI). This comprehensive food-based index measures diet quality and reflects the adherence of a given population to dietary guidelines. The DGI is continuously updated to reflect any changes made on dietary guidelines based on panel reviews of the latest scientific evidence.

In a recent study, researchers from Australia, Finland and the U.S. sought to improve ...

New study has found exercise to be the best way to prevent falls among elderly

December 13, 2017 -

Drs. Sharon Straus and Andrea Tricco came to this conclusion after analyzing 54 randomized clinical trials of 39 fall-prevention interventions. They found that exercise by itself can reduce the likelihood of injurious falls among those above 65 by as much as 12 percent. Combining exercise with vision assessments and/or treatments, as well as assessments and modifications of a person's living environment, can increase this number to 23 percent. Exercise with ...

Exclusive: CIA provided contradictory intel on Hamas during Trump-brokered peace deal, envoys reveal

October 24, 2025 - assessments painted a starkly different picture.

"We were getting, because of our relationships… we were hearing that Hamas was positive on the deal," Witkoff told "60 Minutes." "And yet I was reading intelligence reports every day and getting briefings from the CIA three times a day and those intelligence briefings were suggesting that Hamas was going to say no."

The contradiction forced Kushner and Witkoff to make a crucial judgment call: trust their diplomatic ...

EPA retaliated against employees who raised concerns about deadly chemicals being commercially approved

October 23, 2024 - assessments on new chemicals and they'd say, 'Okay, we found that this one causes cancer,' for example," explained Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

"And the managers would say, 'No, no, we don't want to say that,' and they'd delete the cancer designation. And it was happening over and over and over, and then they started getting retaliated against when they were pushing back."

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The No IRIS Act: A dangerous surrender to corporate interests at the expense of public health

March 11, 2025 -

In a stunning display of government overreach and corporate cronyism, Congress is poised to dismantle one of the most critical tools protecting Americans from toxic chemicals. The so-called “No IRIS Act,” introduced in both the House and Senate, would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using scientific assessments conducted by its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program. This move, championed by industry lobbyists ...

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy VINDICATED after federal judge declares mistrial in case involving widespread federal corruption

December 31, 2017 - assessments prepared before the 2014 standoff, but prosecutors characterized the defendants’ frequent push for the assessments as one in a “long list of frivolous and vexatious pleadings.” As such, prosecutors withheld those assessments until the defendants were actually in court and in the midst of their trial. The existence of the assessments was confirmed by a government witness under cross-examination.

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Cinnamon is a delicious way to improve your blood pressure: Nutrition study

September 30, 2018 - assessments at baseline and during each monthly follow-up visit to evaluate the efficiency and safety of Ceylon cinnamon. The assessments included physical examination, examination of the body systems, history of any disease, and biochemical assessments, including fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, liver function tests, renal function tests, ...

CIA attempted to SABOTAGE Gaza ceasefire deal with false intel

October 22, 2025 -

In a bombshell revelation, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and former Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner disclosed that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intelligence reports during critical Gaza ceasefire negotiations directly contradicted assessments from key Arab mediators—raising serious questions about the agency's reliability in high-stakes diplomatic efforts.

The revelations came during a "60 Minutes" interview aired ...

Glyposate Task Force

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Monsanto and EFSA being hit legally by six NGOs over glyphosate poisoning across Europe

Germany’s Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is one of six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have filed a legal complaint against the groups that are responsible for providing safety assessments for Monsanto’s patented herbicide glyphosate. These agencies – the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European ...

PAN Europe

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Monsanto and EFSA being hit legally by six NGOs over glyphosate poisoning across Europe

Germany’s Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is one of six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have filed a legal complaint against the groups that are responsible for providing safety assessments for Monsanto’s patented herbicide glyphosate. These agencies – the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European ...

Glyphosate license

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The Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden block vote to renew Monsanto’s glyphosate license, calling for further safety assessments

Biotech giant Monsanto is finally suffering the consequences of poisoning people and the environment with their cancer-causing herbicide, Roundup. Monsanto, which is on record for operating like a vicious mafia, was called out by the World Health Organization last spring when it declared ...