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Pharma’s Reach, History’s Hidden Hero, Game of Go, and Dirty Crops

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November 24, 2024

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[Healthcare]

The United States is one of only two countries in the world that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise on TV.

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Guidance for Industry

Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements: Presentation of the Major Statement in a Clear, Conspicuous, and Neutral Manner in Advertisements in Television and Radio Format Final Rule Questions and Answers

www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/direct-consumer-prescription-drug-advertisements-presentation-major-statement-clear-conspicuous-and

Modern Drug Advertisements, Themes & FDA Regulations | Weill Cornell Medicine Samuel J. Wood Library

Over $6 billion was spent on direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising in 2016.

library.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/snake%C2%A0oil%C2%A0-social%C2%A0media-drug-advertising-your-health/modern-drug-advertisements-themes-fda

[History]

The Good Man of Auschwitz, Dr. Hans Münch, was as a German SS physician who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He earned his nickname and was acquitted of war crimes for setting up fake experiments to protect Jewish inmates from execution.

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Hans Münch

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hans-m-uuml-nch

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[Culture & Science]

The number of possible move variations in the game of Go exceeds the number of atoms in the observable universe.

Big Picture:

Compared to chess, offers about 20 possible moves per turn - whereas Go provides about 200 potential moves.

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[Environment & Health]

Cotton is one of the most pesticide-contaminated crops in the U.S., with $4.2 billion worth of pesticides used on conventional cotton in 2017 alone.

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‘Silenced Data’ Means We Don’t Know Global Impacts Of Cotton Pesticides

The final stop on this global myth-busting tour of the most prominent plant-based textile fiber is pesticides. "Silenced Data" means we don't know their impacts.

www.forbes.com/sites/brookerobertsislam/2021/12/06/silenced-data-means-we-dont-know-global-impacts-of-cotton-pesticides

Organic cotton production may alleviate the environmental impacts of intensive conventional cotton production | Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems | Cambridge Core

Organic cotton production may alleviate the environmental impacts of intensive conventional cotton production - Volume 36 Issue 4

www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renewable-agriculture-and-food-systems/article/organic-cotton-production-may-alleviate-the-environmental-impacts-of-intensive-conventional-cotton-production/011DB7C5487BB768DE953A8BBDE658E2

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The Good Man of Auschwitz [History]

Dirty Truth About Cotton [Environment & Health]

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