Media Reviews
EHS scientists and fellows critique media coverage.
An article lists the pros – but not the cons – of a bed bug pesticide.
The Columbus Dispatch article did not include the unintended human health consequences of indoor exposure to the toxic pesticides meant to kill bed bugs.
The grass isn't always greener with biofuels.
Corn-based biofuels are all the rage and often lauded as an "environmentally friendly" alternative to fossil fuels. But are they?
Chemicals linked to male breast cancer, but which ones?
Few details about the chemicals that the men with breast cancer drank in their water while at the Camp Lejeune marine base makes this otherwise exceptional article seem murky and vague.
Proposed legislation regulating tobacco not so simple.
Congress is ready to give the US Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco, but an article tackling the issue needs a more thoughtful analysis of the health impacts behind the proposed legislation.
Washington Post tells a great fish story.
The Washington Post explores, in depth, if you can get mercury poisoning from eating too much fish.
Bat research should trump pop culture.
Focus on how "cute" bats are fails to adequately inform the public about an emerging bat disease.
