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Welcome to the week.

Here’s some news that may not have made it to the forefront of your newsfeeds this week for obvious reasons, but is important nonetheless, especially if you live on planet Earth.

This week:

• ☀️ A solar-powered titanium factory

• 💉Funding for Gavi

• 💧Desalination costs

• 🤖AI hype

• And more

Stay cool out there,

— Willow

This is science for people who give a shit.

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Last week, we asked: How do you research your supplements before buying them?

You said:

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Examine.com (23%)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Labdoor (5%)

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Consumer Reports (17%)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Something else (31%)

“I only buy supplements from established brands after digging into the quality sections of their websites and never, ever buy unfamiliar brands on Amazon because independent testing has shown them to rarely contain what they claim.”

“I am a research nerd so I just go to PubMed and look for articles, then go ingredient by ingredient.”

“I check two or three sources looking for the mechanism of action, bioavailability, metabolism, and pharmacokinetics. NIH and Mayo clinic are common resources.”

“I check at least two sources: Consumer Reports (not surprising) and ConsumerLab. com. ConsumerLab checks and ranks supplements, far more extensively and frequently than CR, although I’d never ignore CR. ”

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ I don't (24%)

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