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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Investigative reporting finds that the federal government's assurances that bisphenol A is a safe chemical are based on outdated and incomplete government studies and science mostly funded by the chemical industry.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]
The 9/11 cover-up. In the aftermath of the first explosion, the air over Lower Manhattan transformed instantly. Today New York City is still mired in a fog of cover-ups and half-truths regarding its environmental welfare. Discover. 8 September 2007.
Bush aide blocked report. A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy accomplishments. Washington Post. 29 July 2007. [Registration Required]
Ex-surgeon general says White House hushed him. Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues. Washington Post. 11 July 2007. [Registration Required]
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.
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. [related story]
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]
Study condemns FDA's handling of drug safety. A report from the National Academy of Sciences says that the US system for ensuring drug safety needs major changes, and consumers should be wary of newly approved drugs. New York Times. 23 September 2006. [Registration Required]
At Medical Journals, Writers Paid by Industry Play Big Role. Many articles that appear in scientific journals under the bylines of prominent academics are actually written by ghostwriters in the pay of drug companies. Wall Street Journal. 13 December 2005. [related stories] [Subscription Required]
A Drug Maker's Ads, Hold the Disclaimer. The troubled drug maker Merck is introducing this week what it describes as the first campaign in its 114-year history to help burnish the reputation of its corporate brand rather than sell its products. New York Times. 2 June 2005. [Registration Required]
Drug safety special: The safety catch The past year has seen a beleaguered Food and Drug Administration publicly denounced as unable to protect the US public. Yet top FDA officials say that the agency's performance remains strong. Nature. 1 April 2005. [related stories] [Subscription Required]
Tobacco industry research grants spur debate. Nearly four years ago, the University of California's Board of Regents smothered a controversy by barring the university from investing in tobacco, primarily due to health risks associated with smoking. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 27 December 2004. [related stories]
Should governments play politics with science? Scientists charge that that President Bush does not understand science. He has little interest in the subject, and his administration has grossly manipulated the process by which objective science informs policy. New Scientist. 12 October 2004. [related stories]
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