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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.
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.
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.
Fighting on a battlefield the size of a milk label.
A new advocacy group closely tied to Monsanto has started a counteroffensive to stop the proliferation of milk that comes from cows that aren’t treated with synthetic bovine growth hormone. New York Times. 9 March 2008.
Feds nip state efforts to slash mercury.
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show. Associated Press. 17 February 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 heat is on.
Like all good scientists, Scudder Mackey was skeptical 15 years ago when he began hearing predictions that increasing amounts greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would lead to global warming. But that skepticism has crumbled with mounting evidence. Detroit Metro Times, Michigan. 3 July 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.
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.
EPA's Science for You campaign.
"Public Relations Campaign for Research Office at EPA May Include Ghostwritten Articles", screamed a New York Times headline. Scientists were left wondering why the U.S. EPA is funding public relations projects. Environmental Science & Technology. 6 April 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.
Scientist rebels against WHO over bird flu.
A lone Italian researcher has cast a harsh spotlight on the WHO's treatment of bird flu data, suggesting that it places academic pride over public health. Wall Street Journal. 14 March 2006.
Article sparks scholastic spat.
Scholars at Oregon State University and elsewhere said they fear the attempt by a group of College of Forestry professors to have a graduate student's research withheld from a top scientific journal may mar the school's reputation. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 22 January 2006.
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.
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.
Science experiment.
Public health scientists say that two legal developments-- the Supreme Court's landmark Daubert decision and the passage of the 2001 Data Quality Act-- are being used by industry to defeat government regulation, no matter how strong or conclusive the scientific evidence. ABA Journal. 7 November 2005.
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.
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.
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.
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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