Current query:

Article Text contains Michaels [delete]

Solutions: Organizing principles > Scientific Integrity [delete]

Subject contains Science [delete]

Exposure pathway: Accidental exposure [delete]

Refine:

by Text Search

by Type

by Current issues

by Human health condition

by Contamination agent

by Ecological effects

by Infrastructure

by Emerging science

by Coverage

by Publisher

by Reporter

by Date
1 to 13 of 13 items 
 
While all links worked when entries were posted to the database, different publishers have different policies about retaining articles and providing access to archived material. Thus some of the links, particularly older ones, may no longer be functional. For links no longer working, you may be able to gain paid access to text via the publisher's site.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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. [related story]
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]
White House spin reaches science research. Federally funded scientists have touched off firestorms for publishing research results that run counter to Bush administration policies. Christian Science Monitor. 2 March 2006.
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. [related story]
Grace, town fight over illness claims. Physicians hired by WR Grace's insurer are challenging the diagnoses of health experts, finding that in over 25% of patients there is no sign of asbestos disease. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. 2 November 2005. [related story]
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]
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. [related stories]
Government's safety statistics misleading on refinery deaths. Government statistics on worker safety underestimate refinery risks, because up to half of workers in refineries are actually contractors, who generally get some of the most dangerous jobs. In the data they aren't classified as refinery workers. Houston Chronicle, Texas. 16 May 2005. [related stories]
1 to 13 of 13 items