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May 4, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
New: We rounded up the unproven and sometimes dangerous COVID-19 treatments being disseminated around the world.

“We’re in the Wild West in terms of the public susceptibility to unsafe, unproven drugs or tests," @LawrenceGostin told us

icij.org/blog/2020/05/i…
The story reinforced one of the biggest lessons from ICIJ's #ImplantFiles investigation:

However urgent the need, untested medicine places patients at risk and is ripe for abuse by industry and politicians

icij.org/investigations…
We focused on a handful of examples, but more cases of untested COVID-19 treatments keep coming to light.

A new story by @saludconlupa found Peru just approved a costly arthritis drug by pharma giant Roche w/o clinical evidence that it works

saludconlupa.com/noticias/tocil…
And, we're already starting to see regulators fighting to clean up the consequences.

Just this morning, the FDA reversed a decision that had allowed unvetted COVID-19 antibody tests w reliability as low as 20% onto the market

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Apr 3
NEW: The food industry is capitalizing on the anti-diet movement, a social media juggernaut that often disputes the health risks linked to obesity

Our @examinationnews investigation in partnership with @washingtonpost
theexamination.org/articles/as-ob…
Cereal giant General Mills is leading the way.

The company is funding research on “food shaming,” using anti-diet arguments to fight federal regulation, and showering giveaways on influencers who tout its cereals with the slogan #DerailtheShame
washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…
The anti-diet movement began as an effort to combat weight bias and disordered eating.

But now, most dietitian influencers who use anti-diet language on social media are also paid to promote products by the food industry, our analysis found
Read 4 tweets
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Sep 13, 2023
NEW: The multi-billion dollar food industry is shaping the eating habits of a new generation by paying dietitians to push products and messages on social media.

Our investigation for the launch of @examinationnews, in partnership with @washingtonpost
theexamination.org/articles/the-f…
Dietitians are trusted health professionals.

But industry has paid dietitian influencers for posts encouraging viewers to eat more sugar & candy, or use unproven supplements - messages that run counter to decades of scientific evidence
washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…
Other sponsored posts dismissed warnings from health authorities like the WHO.

In a campaign by a soda industry trade group, dietitians said WHO findings on aspartame - including that it is “possibly carcinogenic” - were “fear mongering” and “clickbait”
Read 7 tweets
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Nov 2, 2021
More than 100 world leaders are pledging at #COP26 to end deforestation by 2030.

It’s a bold promise, but one that so far doesn’t address a crucial element of the threat to forests exposed in our @OCCRP investigation yesterday: state corruption (thread)
occrp.org/en/investigati…
First, the good news: leaders of countries representing 85% of forests are promising action, backed by more than $19 billion in funding

That includes Brazil, Indonesia and the DRC, which are home to most of the world’s rainforests
bbc.com/news/science-e…
The bad news is that we’ve seen this movie before – and a similar agreement in 2014 turned out to be nothing but hot air.

That’s why @Greenpeace is slamming the deal as a “green light for another decade of forest destruction”
greenpeace.org/international/…
Read 9 tweets
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Nov 1, 2021
NEW: Nicaragua is losing its forests faster than any other country in the world – an ecological disaster fueled by corruption in its forestry agency & enabled by the ruling Ortega family

A thread on our @OCCRP investigation w @MiamiHerald @mongabay & more
occrp.org/en/investigati…
First, some background:

If you've read about Nicaragua this year, it's probably about how dictator Daniel Ortega is violently crushing opposition ahead of this week's election.

@60Minutes gave an overview last night:
cbsnews.com/news/nicaragua…
We found that the Ortega regime is also enabling an ecological crisis with far-reaching implications for the global climate.

Our interactive offers a guide to how Nicaragua is destroying its forests at the world's fastest rate
occrp.org/en/investigati…
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Dec 14, 2020
More fallout from #ParadisePapers: a 150+ page report from the Commerce Dept inspector general reveals it investigated Wilbur Ross for years after the project's revelations in Nov 2017.

It found that he breached federal ethics rules in several ways...

oig.doc.gov/OIGPublication…
The findings include glaring omissions in his financial disclosures.

Our story below for @ICIJorg found that Ross retained a stake in Navigator Holdings, a shipping company that did business w Putin cronies, through a chain of offshore entities.

icij.org/investigations…
The inspector general found that Ross also held more than 16,000 direct shares in Navigator that he completely omitted from his financial disclosures when he took office. Image
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Sep 23, 2020
The new @ICIJorg investigation - #FinCENFiles - is making waves across Latinamerica.

From Mexico to Argentina, our partners have revealed the shady payments that flowed through banks in the region.

Here is a thread of #FinCENFiles stories in Latinamerica.
In Colombia, iconic artist Fernando Botero received $500k from a shell company linked to Odebrecht and its bribery division.

Botero isn't under suspicion... but what did Odebrecht want with his art?

@ConnectasOrg has the story:

connectas.org/arte-sin-rastr…
In Peru, the US gold dealer Kaloti Metals & Logistics bought tons of gold from Peruvian companies investigated for money laundering & illegal mining, setting off alarms in 3 big banks

@M_GutierrezR @ConvocaPe has the report:

convoca.pe/investigacion/…
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