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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The real story behind bisphenol A.
How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of products that could be harming an entire generation. Fast Company. 18 January 2009.
Manufacturing doubt in product defense .
What is the product-defense industry? How does it work, and who's behind it? Fast Company. 18 January 2009.
Obama offers new hope for science.
As George Bush exits and the inauguration of Barack Obama nears, few constituencies are as hopeful and relieved as American scientists. Toronto Star, Ontario. 4 January 2009.
Under Bush, science learned it must speak up.
George W. Bush will leave a legacy of increasing global warming and politicized public health. But he also leaves a generation of scientists who have found their voices at a time when our greatest policy challenges have a scientific component. First of two parts. Miller-McCune. 18 December 2008.
Cautious optimism for Obama's policy on science.
Many of the scientific troubles Barack Obama inherits in the federal government aren’t about money. They strike at deeper questions of scientific integrity and the process government uses to include science in policymaking. Second of two parts. Miller-McCune. 18 December 2008.
Bush-appointed official twisted species data, report says.
A disgraced Bush administration appointee known for twisting science and altering key endangered species decisions interfered with far more findings than earlier revealed, according to a federal probe released Monday. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 16 December 2008.
An eroding mission at EPA.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, whose image over four years morphed from scientist to ideologue, will leave office as one of Bush's most loyal and controversial cabinet members. His decisions alarmed environmentalists, infuriated his own scientists, and led to calls from Democrats for his resignation. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 7 December 2008.
EPA perchlorate decision flawed, say advisers.
The U.S. EPA’s preliminary decision not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water has elicited an outpouring of criticism, including a plea from the agency’s Science Advisory Board for more scientific transparency and a stinging critique from the agency’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee. Environmental Science & Technology. 4 December 2008.
Obama victory raises hopes for new policies, bigger budgets.
U.S. scientists hope that the election of Barack Obama as president and a larger Democratic majority in both houses of Congress will usher in an era of sustained, healthy increases in the federal funding of basic research. But money isn't everything. Science. 19 November 2008.
Some moms ditch plastic cups.
Conflicting reports over the safety of the plastic additive bisphenol A have forced parents to decide for themselves whether to keep using plastic baby bottles and cups made with the widely used compound. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. 16 November 2008.
Bush may introduce environmental regulations.
In its waning days, the administration of President George W. Bush may roll out a number of new environmental regulations, the effects of which could persist long after Bush leaves office on 20 January 2009. Nature. 5 November 2008.
Plastics industry behind FDA research on bisphenol A, study finds.
A government report claiming that bisphenol A is safe was written largely by the plastics industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical, the Journal Sentinel found. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 23 October 2008.
Media coverage of drug studies lacking, study says.
Journalists too often leave out information that might reflect bias in drug study results, and use brand names that might implicitly promote the drug in question, a new study concludes. Boston Globe, Massachusetts. 6 October 2008.
Despite sceptics' noise, scientific consensus is growing.
Anyone keeping up with current affairs could be forgiven for thinking scientists are riven with doubt over climate change. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 2 August 2008.
4 Senate Dems urge EPA chief to resign.
Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 30 July 2008.
Agencies asked to ease safety rules.
In its final days in power, the Bush White House is rushing to have federal agencies water down the regulation of hazardous substances, lawmakers and public health experts say. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington. 24 July 2008.
It's not the answers that are biased, it's the questions.
One of the eyebrow-raising statistics about the bisphenol A studies is the stark divergence in results, depending on who funded them. This striking difference in studies isn't unique to BPA. Washington Post. Opinion, 15 July 2008.
Environmental espionage: Inside a chemical company's Louisiana spy op.
After a businessman unknowingly invested in a company involved in corporate espionage against activists working on chemical contamination, he discovered what was happening. And then he released the documents. Mother Jones. 7 June 2008.
The attack on science.
There’s a whole industry that’s working to make you, and Congress, uncertain about what science is finding about human health risks. Environment Report, Michigan. 19 May 2008.
Whitewashing toxic chemicals.
Science for hire is pervasive, effective and stealthy, according to a new book about 'manufacturing doubt.' Newsweek. Opinion, 10 May 2008.
EPA official ousted while fighting Dow.
The Bush administration has forced the head of Chicago's EPA office to quit because of her heated dispute with Dow Chemical over delays in a dioxin cleanup in Michigan. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 2 May 2008.
Livestock lobby meddled in study, authors contend.
Livestock interests tried to disrupt a wide-ranging study of their industry by threatening to yank financing for universities and scientists who assisted, a Pew Commission report released Tuesday alleges. Des Moines Register, Iowa. 30 April 2008.
Studies on chemical in plastics questioned.
Despite more than 100 published studies by government scientists and university laboratories that have raised health concerns about a chemical compound that is central to the multibillion-dollar plastics industry, the FDA has deemed it safe largely because of two studies, both funded by an industry trade group. Washington Post. 27 April 2008.
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