Viewpoint: Is corporate embrace of regenerative agriculture greenwashing? Civil Eats | September 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/22/viewpoint-is-corporate-embrace-of-regenerative-agriculture-greenwashing/ Major food companies are racing to tout “regenerative agriculture,” but the term has no legal definition — and that vagueness is letting some companies claim environmental credit without necessarily cutting pesticide use, as Civil Eats senior staff reporter Lisa Held reports.

AI data centers and water usage: It’s a genuine and growing problem Katarina Zimmer | September 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/22/ai-data-centers-and-water-usage-its-a-genuine-and-growing-problem/ “Protect our water,” “Water for people not AI,” “Don’t mess with our water,” declare protest signs from Texas to New Mexico to Arizona. Angered by water use, energy consumption and pollution, locals are increasingly protesting the rapid expansion of data centers in the United States as tech companies work to rapidly expand capacity for AI.

‘Symptom borrowing’: Young people are copying health problems they see on TikTok Daily Mail | September 21, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/21/symptom-borrowing-young-people-are-copying-health-problems-they-see-on-tiktok/ Young people are increasingly copying health symptoms they see in TikTok videos, a phenomenon one mental health app founder has dubbed “symptom borrowing,” as the Daily Mail’s Ciaran Foreman reports.

Should doctors engage in social media to counter misinformation? Guardian Media | September 21, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/21/should-doctors-engage-in-social-media-to-counter-misinformation/ Doctors shouldn’t retreat from social media just because their words carry extra weight there — they should use that weight responsibly, argues oncologist Dr. Vanessa Harry in an opinion piece for the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Harry notes that “when a doctor speaks publicly about a medical issue, their words carry weight,” pointing to viral, oversimplified claims about hormonal contraception, fertility, and “trendy” late-in-life pregnancy that gloss over real, individual risk factors.

RFK Jr.’s latest crank obsession: Protecting Americans from perfectly safe electromagnetic radiation Washington Examiner | September 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/22/rfk-jr-s-latest-crank-obsession-protecting-americans-from-perfectly-safe-electromagnetic-radiation/ Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken a first formal step toward possible new rules—or at least new warning labels—on the electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellphones, WiFi routers, and other wireless devices, as the Washington Examiner’s Gabrielle M. Etzel reports. The agency is now soliciting public comment on the health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) radiation, with a report on the findings expected to follow.

Slowdown AI development? China acknowledges serious risks but sees warnings as U.S. ploy to control the technology Wired | September 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/22/slowdown-ai-development-china-acknowledges-serious-risks-but-sees-warnings-as-u-s-ploy-to-control-the-technology/ For years, Silicon Valley’s most powerful voices insisted the US was locked in an unwinnable AI arms race with China. Now, as Louise Matsakis for Wired reports, those same executives are warning AI has grown dangerous enough that Washington and Beijing need to cooperate and slow the race down — a message China’s government and AI industry are treating with deep suspicion.

Trump says he’ll require drugmakers to end multiple vaccine doses, reviving discredited autism claims Washington Post | September 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/22/trump-says-hell-require-drugmakers-to-end-multiple-vaccine-doses-reviving-discredited-autism-claims/ President Trump said that he’ll “demand” drugmakers break vaccines into five smaller doses spaced six months apart, claiming the change would produce a “massive reduction in autism,” as the Washington Post’s Rachel Roubein reports. It wasn’t immediately clear which vaccines he had in mind.