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Are we poisoning our children with plastics?
Are we poisoning our children with plastics? 150 150 Charles Clarke

In modern life, the human body interacts with innumerable man-made substances. They are in the clothes we wear, the cosmetics we use, the food we eat, the packaging which carries…

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The job of underwriting and the next asbestos
The job of underwriting and the next asbestos 500 244 Bob Reville

We recently did a survey of some of our customers and out of all the answers to the survey, the one that has stuck with me the most was that…

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Three definitions of emerging risk
Three definitions of emerging risk 500 245 Charles Clarke

The International Risk Governance Council usefully defines an emerging risk as belonging to any one of three categories: 1. Risks with uncertain impacts, with uncertainty resulting from new products, services, behaviours or…

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Neurological tumours get new classification methodology
Neurological tumours get new classification methodology 150 150 Adam Grossman

One of the most important factors in assessing disease, especially cancer, is accurately distinguishing among the possible variants. This can be a difficult task, however, especially when the best tool…

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Is it the flu or is it Legionnaires’ Disease?
Is it the flu or is it Legionnaires’ Disease? 150 150 Sheryll Mangahas

This year’s flu season has been the worst in 10 years. However, the symptoms of the flu are similar to Legionnaires’ disease. Earlier this month, a woman in Texas was…

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Perfluorinated substances linked to type II diabetes
Perfluorinated substances linked to type II diabetes 150 150 Adam Grossman

Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the news lately with, among other things, 3M’s $850 million settlement with the state of Minnesota to clean up water contaminated with perfluorooctane…

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Heart disease deaths may be due to low levels of lead
Heart disease deaths may be due to low levels of lead 150 150 Sheryll Mangahas

An article published in The Lancet this week examined low levels of lead and heart disease deaths. By using the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III) they found…

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What might smartphones, gambling, sex, and exercise have in common? Behavioral addiction
What might smartphones, gambling, sex, and exercise have in common? Behavioral addiction 150 150 David Loughran

In early January, two major Apple stockholders, JANA Partners, LLC and the California State Teacher’s Retirement System, sent a letter to Apple urging the company to address the possibility that overuse of…

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We’re not a “casualty catastrophe modeler” anymore
We’re not a “casualty catastrophe modeler” anymore 150 150 Bob Reville

Yesterday, Praedicat released a new version of its risk model. It is a breakthrough in many ways and we are excited to make it available to our clients in our…

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When scientific controversy grants free speech protection
When scientific controversy grants free speech protection 150 150 David Loughran

Monsanto scored a victory in a California federal court on Tuesday in its years-long battle over the State of California’s decision to list glyphosate—the main ingredient in the company’s widely-applied…

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BPA is “probably safe.” Time to revise your underwriting strategy?
BPA is “probably safe.” Time to revise your underwriting strategy? 150 150 Bob Reville

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) published a draft report suggesting that bisphenol A (BPA) is probably safe, according to this Newsweek article. The results are based on animal studies with…

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Childhood obesity is not trending downward as previously thought
Childhood obesity is not trending downward as previously thought 150 150 David Loughran

Public health researchers reported discouraging findings on Monday: The rate of obesity among U.S. children remains stubbornly high and has actually increased among the youngest children ages 2-5. According to…

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