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Whose side are health advocacy groups on? Some of the most influential and vocal health experts belong to advocacy organizations such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the American Council on Science and Health. Who are they, and what do they stand for? Los Angeles Times, California. 4 July 2009. [Registration Required]
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.
An eroding mission at EPA. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, whose image over four years morphed from scientist to ideologue, will leave office as one of Bush's most loyal and controversial cabinet members. His decisions alarmed environmentalists, infuriated his own scientists, and led to calls from Democrats for his resignation. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 7 December 2008. [related stories] [Registration Required]
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.
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Investigative reporting finds that the federal government's assurances that bisphenol A is a safe chemical are based on outdated and incomplete government studies and science mostly funded by the chemical industry.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]
Critical reaction to research initiative. Dow Chemical and BASF, the world's two largest chemical companies, have separately agreed to fund groundbreaking academic research initiatives at two of the most prestigious U.S. universities. The partnerships are getting some faculty criticism. Chemical & Engineering News. 6 November 2007.
Science's worst enemy: corporate funding. The biggest threat to science has been quietly occurring under the radar. The threat is money—specifically, the decline of government support for science and the growing dominance of private spending over American research. Discover. 18 October 2007. [related story]
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]
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]
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. [related stories]
'Sound science' isn't just a catch phrase - it's a real persuader. The Bush administration, senators, industrialists and farmers repeatedly invoke the term "sound science" to delay or deep-six policies they oppose and dismiss criticism of those they favor. Knight Ridder. 4 May 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. [Subscription Required]
Bringing fresh air to this part of the sausage factory. Michael Fumento, the self-described "extremely pro-biotech" journalist who lost his syndicated column after Business Week revealed he'd solicited money from Monsanto, is mad at me. Los Angeles Times, California. Opinion, 3 February 2006. [Registration Required]
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. [related stories]
Writers’ ethics. Several prominent opinion writers have recently lost their syndicated contracts because they had previously undisclosed financial arrangements with companies. Living On Earth. 22 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. [related stories] [Subscription Required]
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.
Doctors reportedly sold drug-study secrets. The chairman of a Senate committee overseeing the financial markets is urging regulators to investigate the findings of a Seattle Times report that medical researchers routinely accept money to reveal secrets about drug studies to Wall Street firms. Seattle Times, Washington. 9 August 2005.
NIH chief defends new rules on ethics. National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni, meeting with scientists who have railed against sweeping new ethics regulations, defended the rules aimed at halting conflict-of-interest problems. But scientists at yesterday's two-hour meeting said they found the agency director sympathetic to their grievances. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. 25 February 2005. [related stories]
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