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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.
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. [related stories]
For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states. Reportedly, the study's release was blocked because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates. Great Lakes Danger Zones? Published by Center for Public Integrity. 8 February 2008. [related stories]
Judging science. A Supreme Court ruling and subsequent case history have raised the bar on introducing scientific data into lawsuit hearings. Now some argue the standards have gone too far. Science News. 23 January 2008.
Warning: Known to cause severe health risks to laboratory animals, bisphenol A is in you. Investigative reporting finds that the federal government's assurances that bisphenol A is a safe chemical are based on outdated and incomplete government studies and science mostly funded by the chemical industry. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin. 2 December 2007. [related stories]
Thalidomide film premiere revives compensation fight. Germany's pharmaceutical industry spent more than a year trying to ban the film, but last night a moving, controversial and widely acclaimed television drama about the tragedy suffered by thousands of children crippled by the drug thalidomide was finally broadcast to an audience of millions. London Independent, United Kingdom. 8 November 2007.
School bus company falsified emissions test data, suit says. Public-interest groups say the company nation's largest school-bus operator has falsified emissions tests on the diesel exhaust-belching vehicles and has failed to warn children exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, as required by California law. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 16 May 2007.
Amid suits over mold, experts wear two hats. A scientific position paper has become a key defense tool wielded by builders and landlords in litigation over mold-related illness. One point that rarely emerges: The paper was written by paid experts for the defense. Wall Street Journal. 9 January 2007. [Subscription Required]
Latest Durham lead data may raise stakes for city. Durham has submitted about 800 previously undisclosed residential lead tests to state regulators, but omissions in that data, if corrected, would further imperil the city's compliance with federal water standards. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. 6 January 2007. [related stories]
Mis-lead. Over 2 years of investigation reveals that agencies charged with overseeing the DC water system used flawed science to try to quiet public concerns about lead in drinking water. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 June 2006. [related stories]
The Weinberg proposal. A scientific consulting firm says that it aids companies in trouble, but critics say that it manufactures uncertainty and undermines science. From its roots defending the tobacco industry, it now defends Teflon, bisphenol A and phthalates. Environmental Science & Technology. 22 February 2006. [related stories]
FDA to check tuna. The FDA will investigate whether tens of millions of cans of tuna sold each year contain potentially hazardous levels of mercury. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 31 December 2005. [related stories]
Mercury and Tuna: U.S. Advice Leaves Lots of Questions. The FDA had known for many years that canned tuna contained mercury, which studies link to learning impairment in children. It wasn't until March 2004, after regulator tussles, that an advisory cited mercury. But those limits may exceed safe levels too. Wall Street Journal. 1 August 2005. [related stories] [Subscription Required]
Lead paint experts face a barrage of subpoenas. A high-stakes legal battle involving the health hazards of lead paint has turned ugly. A paint company sued by the state of Rhode Island has demanded raw and even unpublished data sets from several researchers so that the court can review scientific claims. Science. 15 July 2005. [related story] [Subscription Required]
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