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You read that right, a recipe for Alzheimer’s. This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re doubling back on a previous episode with some new and very interesting information!

Join me on a journey through the body to the brain and out again and please, tip your waiter.

“Why is this caption so short?”

Because I have limited letter allowance and a lot of sources.

86 that attitude and enjoy!

Previous episode I keep referring to:

July 22, “The Good, The Bad, the Incredibly Nuanced”

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FrRNutkWpakiUg8i0ANi6

Toxic Thoughts Stand Up Event Link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toxic-thots-a-queer-comedy-show-tickets-1997497195884?aff=oddtdtcreator

Books:

A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease - Shilpa Ravella

The Human Brain Book: A Visual Guide to Structure and Function - Rita Carter

Plastic: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil’s Biggest Bet - Beth Gardiner

The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence - Lisa Mosconi, PhD

Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s - Charlies Piller

Sources Online:

An Unexpected Way to Upcycle: Plastic Waste Transforms into Soap

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-plastics-upcycle-soaps-guiliang-greg-liu.html

Scientists Turn One of the World’s Hardest-To-Recycle Plastics Into Engine Oil

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-turn-one-of-the-worlds-hardest-to-recycle-plastics-into-engine-oil/

Virginia Tech researcher finds a new method for recycling polystyrene

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/one-industrys-trash-polystyrene.html

Developing synthetic polymers to study neurological diseases

https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/03/1_u4j8cu1b.html

Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 

What does disease smell like?

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-does-disease-smell-like

Carvone: One Molecule, Two Different Scents and Flavors

https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/08/01/carvone-one-molecule-two-different-scents-and-flavors-13255

Evaluation of neurobiochemical and behavioral responses to carvone nanoemulsion: A neuroprotective approach for Alzheimer’s disease-associated dementia in a rat model

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006899326000016

PEG Lipids: Definition, Structure & Key Applications

https://www.biochempeg.com/article/429.html 

Arachnoid Granulation Morphologies Associate with B-Amyloid and Tau Pathology in Older Adults

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12622154/

Amyloid, APP, and Electrical Activity of the Brain

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7222965/ 

Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer’s proteins from the brain

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/

Effects of the Percutaneous Carbon Dioxide Therapy on Post-surgical and Post-traumatic Hematoma, Edema, and Pain

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10753674/

Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Treatment is Capable of Reducing Peripheral Vascular Resistance in Hypertensive Patients

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6365751/

A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS and Microplastics from Blood

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-cholesterol-treatment-may-also-remove-pfas-and-microplastics-from-blood

If I missed anything, please let me know and I’ll update this list!

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Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, this episode we’re taking a long and winding journey through the land of loss and grief. I do appreciate everyone’s patience as this episode is going out Thursday - I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who’s been so kind to me, we are strangers and the internet can be so cruel, but you guys haven’t been. I know sad comments get me down sometimes but I also see the kind messages and those have profoundly impacted me. I am grateful for y’alls kindness, support, and even just your time. I hope nothing but good things for each and every one of you - if you are grieving, please do not rush yourself, but know that there are options to “unstick,” even just for a moment. I am sending all the positive vibes I can muster and I can’t wait to chat next week.

Also, no pressure, but if you’d like to see me do stand up, this is the link for the show! I’m nervous but excited and can’t wait to get back into in-person comedy.

Toxic Thoughts Stand Up Event Link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toxic-thots-a-queer-comedy-show-tickets-1997497195884?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sources:

The Tragedy of North Birmingham

https://www.propublica.org/article/bluestone-jim-justice-north-birmingham

Birmingham, AL Superfund

https://semspub.epa.gov/work/04/11121096.pdf

Opinion Article: The body does not keep the score: trauma, predictive coding, and the restoration of metastability

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2026.1812957/full

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-hydraulic-brain-body-motion-linked.html

Vagus Nerve Gut Signals Drive Spatial Memory

https://neurosciencenews.com/vagus-nerve-gut-signals-memory-31135/

My TikTok on “Reason vs Excuse”

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDRHrue6/

Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neuromuscular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02098-8

Books:

Geometry of Grief: Reflections, Mathematics, Loss, and Life - Michael Frame

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma - Wednesdae Reim Ifrach, REAT, ATR-BC, CLAT

This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know - Shawn Coyne

Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell

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Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re continuing our discussion of the Disability Rights Movement - we’re covering the late 80’s, 90’s, and where we’re at today! There’s so much going on concerning Disability Rights but I hope what’s covered here, as well as all the resources discussed and linked below, fill your soul with some semblance of hope for the future. I do feel incredibly hopeful and I’m also incredibly determined and ready to keep applying pressure to this administration, directly or indirectly (we truly can do both.) 

That being said, please also visit this website to stay up to dat on all anti-trans bills currently being introduced across the country. 

2026 Anti-Trans Bills Tracker

https://translegislation.com/

Thank you all so much for listening and joining me in this discussion, it’s incredibly important that we remain informed and engaged on all topics concerning civil rights as none of us are free until we are all free. 

Also, apologies for the late upload, I have had a lot going on. Thank you for your patience.

Books:

Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World - Ben Mattlin

Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives - Joshua D. Mezrich, MD

A Silent Fire - Shilpa Revella

Phenology - Theresa M. Crimmins

Most Delicious Poison - Noah Whiteman

Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s- Charles Piller

Frostbite - Nicola Twilley

A History of Transgender Medicine - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors

Sources:

The Movement for Disability Rights and Justice 

https://www.aapd.com/movement/

Disability Rights Timeline

https://disabilities.temple.edu/resources/disability-rights-timeline

Medicalization and Social Control - Peter Conrad 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234838406_Medicalization_and_Social_Control

The Shifting Engines of Medicalization

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7869537_The_Shifting_Engines_of_Medicalization 

Medicalization and the New Civil Rights

https://review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/Konnoth-72-Stan.-L.-Rev.-1165.pdf 

What’s Going on With Disability Programs in the President’s Budget?

https://www.ndrn.org/resource/fy27budgetcuts/

Why Medicaid Matters for Americans Living With Disabilities

https://modernmedicaid.org/why-medicaid-matters-for-americans-living-with-disabilities/

“Abandoned by Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam 

Disability Resources - Employment:

Ability Jobs - Job Board for Disability Talent

https://abilityjobs.com/

National Disability Institute 

https://www.nationaldisabilityinstitute.org/ 

Career One Stop - Career Exploration, Training & Jobs

https://www.careeronestop.org/

Evenbreak - Job Board for Disabled Candidates

https://www.evenbreak.com/

Cambiando Vidas - Organizing Immigrants and Latinx People with Disabilities

https://www.accessliving.org/get-involved/join-a-community-organizing-group/cambiando-vidas/

Disability Solutions 

https://www.disabilitytalent.org/

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm 

Disability Resources - Research, Legal, Caregiving

New Disabled South 

https://newdisabledsouth.org/

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

https://dredf.org/ 

Center for Parent Information & Resources 

https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ 

The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy 

https://heller.brandeis.edu/lurie/about/index.html

The Sick Times 

https://thesicktimes.org/

CARE - Caring Across Generations Network

https://caringacross.org/

Caring Future 

https://www.caringfutures.org/

Caregiver Action Network 

https://www.caregiveraction.org/ 

Disability Scoop

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/politics/

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Welcome to Schauer hour, I hope you’re ready to hear my thoughts lol. This week (and next) we’ll be discussing major milestones and events that happened and continue to happen during the Disability Rights Movement. 

I do have to apologize in advance as *I am autistic* and *we do talk about autism* and *I am allowed to cry.* I realize emotions are just a natural part of being human but when I cry my voice gets quieter and becomes generally hard to hear, so next week I will enunciate better or take a moment to collect myself.

I can’t wait to share more next time as I didn’t even make it to the passing of the ADA! But we will get there. I hope you enjoy and can’t wait to chat next week.

Books:

Sources & Resources:

Trump’s action signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-actions-signal-a-move-toward-institutionalizing-people-with-disabilities-advocates-warn

History of Disability Rights Milestones and Laws

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/about_us/timeline/

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live with Their Families

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children

Lomax’s Matrix: Disability, Solidarity, and the Black Power of 504

https://dsq-sds.org/article/id/1086/

Worth Repeating: Ed Roberts’ 504 Sit-In Victory Rally Speech

https://ollibean.org/ed/

A History of Institutions for People with Disabilities: Neglect, Abuse, and Death

https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2023/10/25/a-history-of-institutions-for-people-with-disabilities-neglect-abuse-and-death/

Fairness of Reagan’s Cutoffs of Disability Aid Questioned

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/09/us/fairness-of-reagan-s-cutoffs-of-disability-aid-questioned.html?eafs_enabled=false

AIDS blood tests for ‘insurability’

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SWTN19880818.1.18&srpos=46&e=------198-en--20--41--txt-txIN-Insurance+companies+mental+health-------

Disability Resources 

https://www.disabilityresources.org/

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Well guys, it’s been a heck of a week - apologies for getting this out somewhat late, my brain is *egg of frying pan sound.* I know you all can understand.

Be prepared! I learn some neuroscience and immunology today because it’s a ~fully body~ Schauer this week, ayo! I’d like to thank my parents for bestowing me with a last name rife with self-branding related puns.

I appreciate you all! Chat next week!

Books:

A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease - Shilpa Ravella

(Transplant Gastroenterologist)

Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman

(Evolutionary Biologist)

The Human Brain Book: A Visual Guide to Structure & Function - Rita Carter

(Science & Medicine Writer)

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky

(Neuroscientist & Primatologist)

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew Walker, PhD

(Prof. of Neuroscience & Psychology)

An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System - Matt Richtel

(Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer for NYT)

Organ Speak: What It Really Means to Listen to Our Bodies - Guilia Enders

(Physician, Microbiologist, Author)

The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversations Within Our Bodies Impact Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health - Emeran Mayer, MD

(Gastroenterologist & Educator) 

Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin, MD, MPH

(Preventative Medicine Specialist)

Also, most of the sources from this episode are from the books I’ve read over the years, if there’s information you can’t find linked below, it has come from a book listed above. I put everyone’s occupations to narrow down what book it’s likely from. 

Online Sources:

Good News - Attorney General James Sues Some of Nation’s Largest Chemical Companies Over Toxic Pollution from Consumer Products

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-sues-some-nations-largest-chemical-companies-over-toxic

Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-eye-hidden-cleanup.html

Macrophages in the artery wall ‘smell’ their surroundings

https://www.lji.org/news-events/news/post/macrophages-in-the-artery-wall-smell-their-surroundings/

Cells That ‘Taste’ Danger Set Off Immune Responses

https://www.quantamagazine.org/tuft-cells-that-taste-danger-set-off-immune-responses-20191115/

Natural saponins and macrophage polarization: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic perspectives in disease management

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1584035/full

Inflammation Forces Brain Stem Cells to Halt Neurogenesis

https://neurosciencenews.com/inflammation-neurogenesis-31011/

Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer’s proteins from the brain

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/

Genetic variation across the human olfactory receptor repertoire alters odor perception

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1804106115 

Comparative Toxicogenomics Database

https://ctdbase.org/

Free Newspaper Archive:

UCR | California Digital Newspaper Collection 

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/

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Can you all tell that I’m fed up? Welcome back to the Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re going to be a real pain in the behind to some massive corporations and *of course* the government - they have TRULY deserved this. 

For too long the healthcare system has proposed a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” approach to health and wellness, but I ask y’all this, if it doesn’t work for the economy, why would it work for your health?

Is that to say that we should all give up completely and stop taking care of ourselves? No. However, I am saying that we need to cut ourselves, everyone, neighbors, friends, etc. A LOT of slack. We are living in a polluted, corrupt hellscape and there’s only so much one can do to fight constant, all-consuming, non-consensual toxins. 

Eat what you want, be who you want, stick it to the man, have some semblance of fun.

Books:

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/strategies-and-solutions/what-works-for-health/strategies/community-supported-agriculture-csa 

Online Resources for Food and Sustainability

https://sustainablefoodprocessing.cals.iastate.edu/online-resources-food-and-sustainability

Sources:

Corporate Research Project

https://www.corp-research.org/home-page

UCSF - University of California San Francisco - Industry Documents Library

https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/home/

Inflammation Forces Brain Stem Cells to Halt Neurogenesis

https://neurosciencenews.com/inflammation-neurogenesis-31011/

Bacteria Turn Toxic Uranium Into a Surprisingly Stable Compound

https://scitechdaily.com/bacteria-turn-toxic-uranium-into-a-surprisingly-stable-compound/

Who Tests the Product-Testing Labs?

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/22/weekinreview/who-tests-the-product-testing-labs.html?eafs_enabled=false

How the EPA and the Pentagon Downplayed a Growing Toxic Threat

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-epa-and-the-pentagon-downplayed-toxic-pfas-chemicals

Diagnostic Patterns of Family Physicians for Somatoform, Depressive, and Anxiety Disorders (1983)

https://cdn-uat.mdedge.com/files/s3fs-public/jfp-archived-issues/1983-volume_16-17/JFP_1983-09_v17_i3_diagnostic-patterns-of-family-physicians.pdf 

Defense Environmental Restoration Program 

https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/ 

Historical Summary - Times Beach, Missouri

https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/XO/XOyxbB3DMBedVoKqZBroRnEMK/XOyxbB3DMBedVoKqZBroRnEMK.pdf

New Study Analyzes Burden of Endometriosis

https://www.endonews.com/new-study-analyzes-burden-of-endometriosis

Drug Firm Consolidation Roche to acquire Syntex for $5.3 Billion

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v072n019.p004

Roche Diagnostics: Value-based purchasing

https://diagnostics.roche.com/global/en/healthcare-transformers/article/value-based-procurement-healthcare.html

Afghanistan Uranium Mining: 2025 Opportunities & Risks

https://farmonaut.com/mining/afghanistan-uranium-mining-2025-opportunities-risks

Uranium in Niger 

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/niger

Uranium Glass - A Guide to Art Deco Uranium Glass

https://www.artdeco1930.com/uranium-glass-guide/

Depleted Uranium 

https://www.epa.gov/radtown/depleted-uranium

Health Effects of Particulate Uranium Exposure 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9610560/

Endocrine Disruptors: Focus on the Adrenal Cortex

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10764154/

Emerging health risks and underlying toxicological mechanisms of uranium contamination: Lessons from the past two decades

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320626#s0100

Endothelial Dysfunction, Erectile Dysfunction, and Coronary Heart Disease: The Pathophysiologic and Clinical Linkage

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1502382/

Uncoupled glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle in kidney cancer reveals that cytosolic GPD is essential to support lipid synthesis

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276523002137 

Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency accelerates mitochondrial apoptosis by activating ceramide synthase 6

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4385940/

Vitamin D Receptor is Necessary for Mitochondrial Function and Cell Health

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6032156/

Association between vitamin D and endometriosis among American women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10786361/

Barbara McClintock and the Discovery of Jumping Genes (Transposons)

https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/barbara-mcclintock-and-the-discovery-of-jumping-34083/

Human Health Toxicity Assessment of GenX Chemicals

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/human-health-toxicity-assessments-genx-chemicals

DuPont Deepwater Works

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/waste-lands/site/141-dupont-deepwater-works/?eafs_enabled=false

DuPont’s Decade Long Legacy of Crime: 1980s

https://themeaningofwater.com/2024/03/03/duponts-decades-long-legacy-of-crime-1980s/ 

-If I forgot any resource, please lmk via IG DM (it’s easiest for me) and I’ll send that over to you. There was just so much so I expect I’ll forget some.

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Hi guys! Today’s episode is super duper long and I truly have stopped caring, there’s so much corruption in this world and it deserves to be covered. What corruption are we going over this week? Glad you asked! This is a continuation on our deep-dive into WHY women were actually banned from clinical research in 1977. It is absolutely crucial we understand who is behind this as *ahem* women matter and it’s also Disability Pride Month! Thank you all for taking the time to listen or at least check out the resources (scroll down for the databases) - if any sources are missing it’s because Youtube and podcast sites usually have a 5K letter limit. I’m using those letters explaining this - but if you need to find something, write down the key words I used and type them into ToxicDocs. By the way, NO, this is not sponsored by ToxicDocs as that’s not how research databases roll. I’m just a fan.

I appreciate you all! Thank you again for listening.

Books:

Books for Disability Pride:

Sources:

Summary of the Toxic Substances Control Act - 1976

https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-toxic-substances-control-act

 Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act of 1986

https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/9779/the-superfund-amendment-and-reauthorization-act-of-1986-sara

AIM Packaging, Inc. - Sept. 6, 1977

https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/ga/gaGeEo51Z9VojeXodBNRpJEGQ/gaGeEo51Z9VojeXodBNRpJEGQ.pdf

August 10, 1976 - Female Employment in Restricted Areas

https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/yr/yrVo4zNGqz6Gn35jMvyne1Qa2/yrVo4zNGqz6Gn35jMvyne1Qa2.pdf

Donald Kennedy and Department of Naval Research & Monsanto

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/Stanford_Research_Scandal

Carter’s Great Purge (July 29, 1979) https://time.com/archive/6881566/carters-great-purge/

Carter, in Angry Exchange, Ousts Bella Abzug From Women’s Unit

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/13/archives/carter-in-angry-exchange-ousts-bella-abzug-from-womens-unit.html?eafs_enabled=false 

The Big Businessmen Who Have Jimmy Carter’s Ear

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/05/archives/the-big-businessmen-who-have-jimmy-carters-ear-carter.html

Monsanto - Report by PCB Study Group Dec. 10, 1975 (Discussion of Brand Pivot)

https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/Rj/Rjz55o2VvobRJyRKL5JzZ077V/Rjz55o2VvobRJyRKL5JzZ077V.pdf

Reproductive Hazards in the workplace

https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/GK/GKoeDy2kzLezwkNO7XQ61BmNV/GKoeDy2kzLezwkNO7XQ61BmNV.pdf

Erectile Dysfunction: A Review of Historical Treatments 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5675239/

Somatization Disorder Symptoms

https://neupsykey.com/somatization-disorder-and-related-disorders/ 

Somatization Disorder (300.81) – DSM 4

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-herkimer-abnormalpsych/chapter/somatization-disorder-300-81/ 

Environmental Erectile Dysfunction: Can the Environment Really Be Hazardous to Your Erectile Health?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2164/jandrol.107.004200#b23 

Timeline: History of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

https://heeds.org/heeds-timeline/

Databases Mentioned:

Comparative Toxicogenomics Database

https://ctdbase.org/

DEDuCT: Database of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and their Toxicity Profiles

https://cb.imsc.res.in/deduct/home

UCSF - University of California San Francisco - Industry Documents Library

https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/home/

Physicians for Social Responsibility 

https://psr.org/

Science Action Network for Health and the Environment

https://prhe.ucsf.edu/science-action-network

Open Textbook Library 

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

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Here we go again! This week we’re discussing the new Monsanto pesticide verdict as well as taking a somewhat deep-dive into their history, as well as putting our *expletive* government under the microscope. I am just as sick of this as you are, the horrors seem to just seep out of the corporate and bureaucratic fabric of our lives. Thank you for joining me in this week’s communal Schauer, I understand if you need to be alone after this.

Let me reiterate my point for all who cover their ears to nuance: I am by no means saying that any of these chemicals are the SOLE cause of any chronic disorder, chronic disease, or medical condition. What I AM saying is that these chemicals, untested and unchecked, are sure as *bleep* not helping literally anyone’s health in any substantial way. 

Please feel free to run all of this by a licensed medical professional and relative experts for more information or clarification.

This was not mentioned in the video but since a lot (NOTE: that “a lot” does not mean “all”) of doctors are complicit in the abuses of the healthcare system, I would also like to suggest these resources.

Research all federal investigations against any hospital:

https://www.hospitalinspections.org/

Research financial relationships between drug & medical device companies and healthcare providers:

https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

For all the medical professionals out there fighting the good fight, love that, thank you. I, personally, do not *in general* distrust *most* doctors as if I did I wouldn’t have read half these books or like my PCP as much - but you must understand, there are some really awful medical providers out there and in order to change a broken system we have to acknowledge that point. Appreciate y'all.

Book Resources:

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat - Marion Nestle 

The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health - Emeran Mayer, MD

The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term Health - Justin Sonnenburg PhD and Erica Sonnenburg, PhD

The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles - Terry Wahls, MD

Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care - Tracey Lindeman

Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin, MD, MPH

The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan

Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman

Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter 

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn, PhD

Sources:

Monsanto Company

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/monsanto-company

Behind the Company That Changed Agriculture As We Know It

https://www.newamerica.org/insights/behind-the-company-that-changed-agriculture-as-we-know-it/

Monsanto Loses Plastic Bottle Fight

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v055n039.p006

Nutrition Education in US Medical Schools: Latest Update of a National Survey (2010)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4042309/

Dioxins

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/dioxins

A historical perspective of immunotoxicology

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/1547691X.2013.837121#abstract

What We Know About the Link Between Pesticides and PD

https://www.apdaparkinson.org/article/the-relationship-between-pesticides-and-parkinsons/

Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)/ Genetically Modified Plants

https://npic.orst.edu/reg/pip.html

Impact of Sugar in Concrete

https://dyconcretepumps.com/impact-of-sugar-in-concrete/

Resources:

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

https://www.foodpolitics.com/

Good Jobs First - Violation Tracker

https://goodjobsfirst.org/databases/

Retraction Watch

https://retractionwatch.com/

My Health Forward

https://myhealthforward.com/collections/all-heirloom-seeds

EWG Consumer Guides

https://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides

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We’re back with another episode of Schauer Thoughts and this week we’re taking a brief trip through the Carter Administration to explore it’s ties to the agricultural industry and how that could’ve impacted women’s health research for years to come. For legal purposes, this is all a hunch, a guess, and of course, *alleged* and I strongly recommend checking out the resources when this wraps. I hope you find this episode illuminating.

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I will be continuing coverage of the MAHA strategy and report next week - the Trump administration’s attack on the disabled community is unacceptable and we must continue to talk about it.

Thank you all for listening, it means the world.

Books:

Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn

Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care - Tracey Lindeman

Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges

Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction - Maia Szalavitz

All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness: A Guide to Navigating Multiple Conditions - Charli Clement

Living Well With Orthostatic Intolerance: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment - Peter C. Rowe

A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros

Hate: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion - Seyda Kurt

Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom - Norman G. Finkelstein 

Jimmy Carter

Reflecting on Jimmy Carter and his Food and Agriculture Policy Legacy

https://www.constitutionpartners.com/capitol-insights/cdqbs8akjnr5i0sdpdu9u0cti5haj5

Carter’s Business a Potent Factor in Rise

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/26/archives/carters-business-a-potent-factor-in-rise.html?eafs_enabled=false

Bitter Sugar for the Coca-Cola Connection?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/07/28/bitter-sugar-for-the-coca-cola-connection/c8597736-7344-4e08-bbe8-7c914f06da3b/

Cold War, Ruthless Power, and Toxic Agriculture

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cold-war-ruthless-power-a_b_5548481

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin_Study_and_Labeling_Act_of_1977

Cyclamate Banned Us Consumer Markets

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/artificial-sweetener-cyclamate-banned-us-consumer-markets

Carcinogenicity of saccharin (1987)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1637197/

Battle over &7.25 billion Roundup settlement takes a new turn as Supreme Court Decision looms

https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/battle-over-7-25-bln-roundup-settlement-takes-a-new-turn-as-supreme-court-decision-looms/ 

Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago, researchers say

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/sugar-industry-withheld-possible-evidence-of-cancer-link-50-years-ago-researchers-say 

Donald Kennedy - Head of FDA in 1977

https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-leadership-1907-today/donald-kennedy

Stanford Biology Professor Is Named to Head FDA

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/04/archives/stanford-biology-professor-is-named-to-head-fda.html?eafs_enabled=false

Health Archives

1980 Hysterectomy Pamphlet

https://bcrw.barnard.edu/archive/sexualhealth/Hysterectomy-Guide2.pdf 

Initiatives & Resources:

Women’s Health: A Guide to Legal Resources

https://onlinelaw.wcl.american.edu/blog/legal-health-resources-for-women/

Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network 

https://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/

Patient Advocate Foundation --> Launching TotalAssist (July 1,2026)

https://uniting.patientadvocate.org/totalassist/

The Surprising Health Benefits Included with Your Costco membership

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a70156237/costco-healthcare-benefits/

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 It’s once again time for this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts and the bad news keeps coming. Join us in the communal Schauer for another deep dive on the MAHA Strategy as we’ll be going over the “data” and “sources” they provide for their supposed “health initiatives” with a fine-tooth comb. If you find yourself missing any context, please feel free to listen to Part 1! With all that said, I hope you enjoy this episode or at least learn something new - I know I definitely did.

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Thank you all for your patience while I transition to recording at home, it means the world to me! Make sure to ‘like,’ ‘subscribe,’ and rate me five stars wherever you’re listening, it really helps.

Books:

Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges

Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care - Susannah Fox

Fragmented: A Doctor’s Guide to Piece Together American Health Care - Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawkes, Amory Loving, L. Hunter Lovins

MAHA Information:

For all the “sources” I review during this episode you can find them on the page I mention in the MAHA Strategy & Report

MAHA Strategy

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf

MAHA Report

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf

Resources:

Cleaver among legislators introducing bill to guarantee minimum wage to incarcerated workers

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/03/19/cleaver-among-legislators-introducing-bill-guarantee-minimum-wage-incarcerated-workers/

Running Behind the DDT Truck: Growing up in the 1950s

https://cospringsrealestatenews.com/running-behind-the-ddt-truck/

SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth

https://www.searchfordiabetes.org/dspHome.cfm

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/

Census Information - US States & Territories by Historical Population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population

What is Ag-Gag Legislation?

https://www.aspca.org/improving-laws-animals/public-policy/what-ag-gag-legislation

Ag-Gag Across America

https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/09/Ag-GagAcrossAmerica.pdf

IQ: Can Intelligence Really Be Measured?

https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/neuroscience/iq-can-intelligence-really-be-measured/

WTAS: Secretary Kennedy Celebrates Hospital Nutrition Commitments, Florida Farm Partnership During Take Back Your Health Tour in Miami

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/wtas-sec-kennedy-celebrates-hospital-nutrition-commitments-florida-farm-partnership-during-take-back-your-health-tour-miami.html

RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental health and addiction

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5424670/rfk-jr-samhsa-mental-health-addiction-overdose-trump-budget-cuts 

Prison Labor Information:

Prison Farms: Former Plantations, Dangerous Conditions, and No Pay

https://worthrises.org/blogpost/2025/6/18/prison-labor-in-agriculture-people-in-prison-are-picking-cotton-on-former-plantations-in-dangerous-conditions-for-no-pay

The Convict Leasing System: Slavery in its Worst Aspects

https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2021/06/convict-leasing-system/

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

https://revealnews.org/podcast/locked-up-the-prison-labor-that-built-business-empires-update-2023/

Prison Labor is Remarkably Common Within the Food System

http://nycfoodpolicy.org/prison-labor-is-remarkably-common-within-the-food-system/

Force prison labor in the “Land of the Free” Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight

https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-prison-labor/

Mental Health Services for Farmers:

Rural Minds

https://www.ruralminds.org/farmerresilience 

Farm Credit East

https://www.farmcrediteast.com/en/resources/todays-harvest-Blog/260512MentalHealthResourcesforAgriculture 

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