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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A lethal cover up: Britain's worst water poisoning scandal.
After two decades of stone-walling by the authorities, alarming facts about the Camelford water incident are beginning to emerge, and this week a coroner opened inquests into a possible cover-up. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. 15 December 2007.
A convenient untruth.
Like holdouts in the Alamo, the last of the climate skeptics plug away at the thousands of mainstream scientists now arrayed against them. And they bridle when asked if they take money, as nearly all do, from ExxonMobil. Vanity Fair. 17 April 2007.
Manufacturing scientific uncertainty.
The most well known (and probably best financed) campaign to manufacture scientific doubt is being waged by the fossil fuel industry in an effort to impugn scientists’ work on issues related to climate change. Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey. Opinion, 5 April 2007.
Traditional covert influence of industry on occupational and environmental health policies has turned brazenly overt in the last several years.
More than ever before the OEH community is witnessing the perverse influence and increasing control by industry interests. Government has failed to support independent, public health-oriented practitioners and their organizations, instead joining many corporate endeavors to discourage efforts to protect the health of workers and the community. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [PDF]. 2 March 2007. More...
Questions about DuPont unsettle town.
Tennessee officials were surprised to learn that DuPont's paint plant in New Johnsonville produces dioxin... the fourth-largest producer in the US. Documents submitted to the state don't mention the carcinogen. Nashville Tennessean, Tennessee. 25 February 2007.
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.
Durham withheld bad lead-test results.
The city of Durham, NC submitted test results in October indicating its drinking water met federal standards. But the city withheld samples in which lead was detected in dangerous amounts. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. 22 December 2006.
Climate change special: State of denial.
The attacks on Kevin Trenberth, who argued that last year's devastating Atlantic hurricane season, which spawned hurricane Katrina, was linked to global warming, fit a familiar pattern. New Scientist. 3 November 2006.
Journals feel pressure to adopt disclosure rules.
As environmental journals publish more controversial papers on topics such as human health and global warming, they face a serious issue that medical journals have long been dealing with--conflict of interest. Environmental Science & Technology. 21 September 2006.
The many travails of Ben Santer.
One of the world's leading climate modelers has long been a target for contrarians and climate skeptics. Environmental Science & Technology. 9 August 2006.
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.
Climate researchers feeling heat from White House.
Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to the public about global warming. Washington Post. 6 April 2006.
Hot or not.
Oregon's official weatherman has good news about global warming-it doesn't exist. According to his critics, he is one of the most dangerous men in Oregon. Willamette Week, Oregon. 25 March 2006.
Caught between shores.
Ecologists paid by industry to assess the effects of businesses on the environment are often accused of selling their souls. But isn't scientific expertise exactly what is needed? Nature. 14 March 2006.
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.
Smoked out.
Investigative reporting reveals that Steve Milloy, a columnist for FoxNews and publisher of junkscience.com, has been paid directly by tobacco and oil companies while writing about those issues in his columns, with no mention of payments. New Republic. 27 January 2006.
Inside Pentagon's fight to limit regulation of military pollutant.
A high-stakes battle over how much perchlorate is too much takes unusual twists as the Pentagon criticizes its own study when data support stronger standards, and the EPA --under White House pressure--eschews peer review to adopt a weaker standard. Wall Street Journal. 29 December 2005.
State plan angered 3M official, MPCA officials tell panel.
Legislators heard conflicting testimony about whether 3M tried to influence the state's investigation into a chemical the company once made for nonstick cookware. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota. 2 December 2005.
Chinese officials lose credibility with lies on chemical spill.
When a chemical plant leaked poison into a river in northeastern China, sparking a calamity this week, regional officials employed a time-tested strategy to quash the bad news: They lied. Knight Ridder. 26 November 2005.
WASA Whistle-Blower Wins Vindication, Reinstatement.
A water quality manager fired by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority in 2003 was ordered reinstated by a judge who said she was improperly terminated after warning federal authorities about excessive lead in the District's tap water. Washington Post. 3 November 2005.
Barton setting his sights on global warming researchers.
Joe Barton is throwing his weight around, opening an inquiry into global warming by scrutinizing the methods and funding of key researchers. Dallas Morning News, Texas. Opinion, 10 July 2005.
DuPont lawyer edited DEP's media releases.
The science advisor to West Virginia's Dept of Environmental Protection insisted that DuPont review, edit and approve all C8-related statements issued by the state. Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia. 3 July 2005.
Key study on safety of chemical disputed.
Five years ago, an industry-funded study concluded that small amounts of perchlorate had no effect on adults. That study became the linchpin of national policy. It is now under fire. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 3 June 2005.
Global Warming Skeptic Argues U.S. Position in Suit.
The US government has enlisted an outspoken skeptic of global warming in a legal fight with environmental groups over U.S. funding for overseas energy projects, angering several prominent climate researchers because the government's arguments contradict scientific understanding. Science. 22 April 2005.
Wildlife rulings ignore key science, congressmen and critics say.
Federal officials overrode their own scientists this fall when they decided that diverting more water to farmers and residents of parched Southern California would not harm fish populations in Northern California rivers. Associated Press. 19 December 2004.
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