Meryl Horn

So the vast majority of ICE arrests happening today are basically people with either nonviolent criminal convictions or people with no criminal record at all.

And then there's also some evidence that what's happening right now will actually make people less safe.

For example, when ICE starts working with local cops, undocumented people are less likely to report crimes, which the authors of that study said can undermine public safety.

And we also see that domestic violence calls also drop in places with a relatively high Latinx population, which means that when that type of like violence is happening, people might be less likely to call for help.

So yeah, it does seem like people are generally less healthy and less safe when ICE raids happen.

Yeah.

Okay.

Hi, I'm Meryl Horne filling in for Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Versus.

This is the show that pits facts against fructose.

Today, we're looking at sugar.

Is it really that bad?

Sugar has always been the villain in our diets, that thing calling out to us that we know we should resist.

And recently, it feels like everyone's piling on to tell us, don't do it.

That last voice you heard was RFK Jr., the Health and Human Services Secretary in the U.S., and he's recommended that Americans have zero added sugar in their food.

Zero!

And things get even more heated when the topic of high-fructose corn syrup comes up.

We hear that this one is way worse for us than other types of sugar.

But then at the same time, influencers are telling us that there's a loophole here.

Just eat natural sugars.

Those are way healthier.