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Report casts doubt on MD's claims about Alberta reserve's cancer rates. He's one of Alberta's most famous whistleblowers, but a new report casts doubt on Dr. John O'Connor's crusade to expose unusually high rare cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan, a small community downstream from the province's massive oil sands. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 9 November 2009.
Debating how much weed killer is safe in your water glass. New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought—particularly for fetuses. Atrazine is just one example of what critics say are regulatory weaknesses in the protections of America’s drinking water. New York Times. 23 August 2009. [Registration Required]
BPA industry fights back. Faced with the prospects of tighter government regulation of bisphenol A, the industry has launched an unprecedented public relations blitz that uses many of the same tactics - and people - the tobacco industry used in its decades-long fight against regulation. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 23 August 2009.
UW linked to ghostwriting. As fears were growing about the link between hormone therapy and breast cancer, a drug company paid the University of Wisconsin to sponsor ghostwritten medical education articles that downplayed the risks, records obtained by the Journal Sentinel show. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 16 August 2009.
Professor nominated to position overseeing FedOSHA. Epidemiologist David Michaels will be nominated by the White House to run the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Michaels has been a notable advocate for workers to be compensated for health risks from chemicals. Las Vegas Sun, Nevada. 29 July 2009.
Unleashed: Chemical time bomb. When our own health and that of our children is at stake wouldn't it be more sensible, to be on the safe side, to adopt a lesser standard than academic certainty about health effects of atrazine? ABC News, Australia. Opinion, 9 July 2009.
Whose side are health advocacy groups on? Some of the most influential and vocal health experts belong to advocacy organizations such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the American Council on Science and Health. Who are they, and what do they stand for? Los Angeles Times, California. 4 July 2009. [Registration Required]
ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate sceptic groups, records show. The world's largest oil company is continuing to fund lobby groups that question the reality of global warming, despite a public pledge to cut support for such climate change denial, a new analysis shows. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 2 July 2009.
Spokesman denies BPA collusion allegations. Rich Binkelman, spokesman for Crown Packaging Corp, Chesterfield, Mo., says he knows of no effort on the part of packaging, beverage and food manufacturers to use fear tactics, political manipulation and misleading marketing to fight regulation of bisphenol A. New Britain Herald, Connecticut. 20 June 2009.
House panel wants new review of BPA safety. A congressional committee is investigating whether the FDA gave undue influence to chemical makers after several recent reports in the Journal Sentinel revealed how government regulators relied heavily on industry lobbyists when considering the safety of bisphenol A. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 3 June 2009.
Bate and Switch: How a free-market magician manipulated two decades of environmental science. Call major environmental groups and ask them about Roger Bate. The reply is always: Who? Few know he's the man who spread the myth that environmentalists, by fighting to ban DDT, have heartlessly caused millions of malaria deaths worldwide. Natural Resources News Service. 1 June 2009.
Strategy being devised to protect use of BPA. According to internal notes of a private meeting, obtained by The Washington Post, frustrated industry executives huddled for hours Thursday trying to figure out how to tamp down public concerns over the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Washington Post. 31 May 2009. [Registration Required]
BPA industry seeks to polish image. Frustrated at media portrayals of bisphenol A as a dangerous chemical, food-packaging executives and lobbyists for the chemical makers met this week at an exclusive Washington, D.C., club where they hammered out a strategy, including showcasing a pregnant woman to talk about the chemical's benefits. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 30 May 2009.
FDA relied heavily on BPA lobby. As federal regulators hold fast to their claim that a chemical in baby bottles is safe, e-mails obtained by the Journal Sentinel show that they relied on chemical industry lobbyists to examine bisphenol A's risks, track legislation to ban it and even monitor press coverage. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 17 May 2009. [related stories]
The truth about climate change. Many people ask how sure we are about the science of climate change. The most definitive examination of the scientific evidence is to be found in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its last major report published in 2007. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 28 April 2009.
Safety panel cites errors in blast at chemical plant. The explosion that killed two at the WV Bayer CropScience plant last August was avoidable and caused by management decisions and human error, a federal agency said. It also concluded that Bayer had tried to stifle the release of information about the accident. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has been asked to investigate Bayer for criminal conduct. New York Times. 24 April 2009. [Registration Required]
DEQ says flawed formula hasn't resulted in pollution. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality apparently issued several water discharge permits to coal-bed methane producers based on a flawed formula and bogus science, according to soil scientists at the University of Wyoming and from New Mexico. Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming. 23 April 2009.
Columbia Basin (political) science. Dr. James Anderson's work has had a lot of influence on the great salmon debate in the Columbia Basin. He believes that a kind of sentimentality about salmon has compromised science along the basin, but his critics hint that his own work has been tainted by money. High Country News. 15 April 2009.
Ottawa's ouster of nuclear watchdog lawful, court rules. A federal court ruled the Harper government was within its right when it fired the country's nuclear safety watchdog after she refused to sanction the reopening of a nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., where required safety upgrades had not been performed. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 12 April 2009.
Doctors urge end to corporate ties. A group of prominent physicians and researchers urged professional medical groups to “wean” themselves from industry support. New York Times. 2 April 2009. [Registration Required]
Medical group seeks probe of its journal. The American Medical Association said it has asked an oversight committee to investigate charges that the top editors of its well-known medical journal threatened a researcher who publicly faulted a study in the publication. Wall Street Journal. 30 March 2009. [Subscription Required]
Memos: Air concern at Rohm & Haas. Newly revealed memos show that over the course of more than a decade, employees raised periodic questions about indoor air quality at Rohm & Haas Co.'s main research facility, where researchers are seeking the cause of at least a dozen brain cancers. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 21 March 2009. [Registration Required]
Obama's nod to science. President Barack Obama has signed orders that, observers say, underscore his Administration's commitment to science. Specifically, Obama signed an executive memorandum to ensure that scientific policy decisions are based on facts and not ideology. Chemical & Engineering News. 15 March 2009.
A new era of integrity, sort of. During his campaign, Barack Obama promised to end two wars. The one in Iraq smoulders on, but “The Republican War on Science” is now over. But, has this science-friendly president overstated his case? Economist. 14 March 2009.
Obama order deals with scientific integrity. Obama has issued a memo directing the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy — the position for which John Holdren has still to be confirmed — to ensure scientific integrity in government decision-making. Nature. 11 March 2009.
Political lobbying drove FDA process. The approval of a new device to treat knee injuries followed a lobbying campaign that overcame repeated rejections by scientists within the Food and Drug Administration. Some at the FDA say it shows how political and industry pressure can influence scientific conclusions. Wall Street Journal. 6 March 2009. [Subscription Required]
Retractions put spotlight on China's part-time professor system. Traditional Chinese medicine is a slippery subject: it's often difficult to discern active compounds from fillers and contaminants. Recently, an associate Chinese professor was fired after being found guilty of scientific misconduct in a TCM lab. Science. 6 March 2009. [Subscription Required]
'Secret' deadly for Montana town saturated in asbestos, prosecutors say. Prosecutors claim that W.R. Grace officials were secretly armed with studies that documented the dangers but insisted for decades that their product presented no health hazard. About 1,200 have been sickened or died. Los Angeles Times, California. 24 February 2009. [Registration Required]
EPA wanted tougher C8 limit, memo says. Federal government scientists originally sought a much tougher standard for the toxic chemical C8 than was included in a nationwide health advisory issued last month, according to an internal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency memo. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. 15 February 2009.
Officials want probe of lead-study paper. Two D.C. Council members want the city's inspector general to probe the validity of a 2007 research paper that concluded that public health was not harmed several years ago by high concentrations of lead in drinking water. Washington Post. 14 February 2009. [Registration Required]
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