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Atomic review! Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey, a book review by Barbara Echard My takeaway: Nuclear energy is safe; men are stupid! This book reviews the history of nuclear accidents from the first encounters with radioactive uranium and radon in nature to the more complex accidents involving the manipulation of radioactive material in military and energy fields. The narration is engaging, entertaining, and gossip-like. The pace of the book is lively enough to keep you focused, but detailed enough to present facts with satisfying accuracy.  Regarding my personal experience with this book, I felt that even though it follows a rather linear sequence, some events are foretold, or short passages from the past may result in confusion sometimes, but the purpose of including them makes sense, since it is usually illustrative of the author's points. So, no need to panic when things get messy during the reading; it is always promptly clarified. Another point that I really liked about th...

 Ultra-processed people by Chris Van Tulleken, a review by Barbara Echard Have you ever noticed that the chocolate coating of supermarket ice cream does not melt easily? Neither did I. And what about the number of ingredients written on the package of some everyday breakfast cereal? I don't think we could ever make that at our home kitchen from scratch. Like, what even is  soy lecithin, or sunset yellow ? Is our food even real food anymore?  And why do I end up craving more every time I have a pop drink?  Well, Chris Van Tulleken does know the answers to all of those questions, and once I read what he had to say about it, I don't think I will ever recover from the mind-blowing it was for me. I couldn't stop reading. I was ironically addicted to this guide to overcome addiction. It is a brilliant journey of awareness that made me feel both empowered by knowledge and, at the same time, so vulnerable against big food industries. In the book, Ultra-Processed People,...