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Should Employers Be Allowed to Use Genetics to Screen Bad Employees?

Posted on June 2, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Recent technology makes it easier to assess genetic risks earlier, which could make some people unemployable. The following is from the New York Times:

While the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, or GINA, protects workers from being fired over their genetic test results, and the Americans With Disabilities Act protects those with active disabilities, neither law compels an employer to provide accommodations to help mitigate a person’s future health risk.

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Tuesday Links – 2 June 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026June 1, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • Can a sit-to-stand test really predict your life expectancy?
  • Hanania: why we don’t need to protect American jobs.
  • More than half the federal budget will go toward benefits for Americans 65 and older by 2036.
  • “Broken window” theory.
  • Claims about acupuncture.
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CDC: Smoking is Down, Vaping is Up

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Devon Herrick

In my lifetime smoking has gone from something widely accepted and even cool to a lower status habit. According to the CDC, recognizing smoking as a health hazard and getting Americans to quit or cut back is one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century. A recent survey found smoking is something that only about 9% of Americans enjoy. That is the lowest on record.

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Monday Links – 1 June 2026

Posted on June 1, 2026 by John C. Goodman
  • Health effects of double dipping.
  • “The chance that there will be a pandemic that kills over 100 million people during the next century seems high, plausibly similar or greater than the risk of large-scale nuclear war or climate change above six degrees.”
  • Trump’s attacks on small boats in the waters off South America have had no effect on the amount of cocaine in the US.
  • What to know about the fight over raw milk.
  • “The practice of “crating” pigs is torture, plain and simple.”
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