Despite the cries of impending doom due to antibiotic resistance there are effective, low-tech ways of reducing the problem Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 10, 2011
Hand washing still a great defense against disease
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Posted in Health, Hygiene and cleanliness
Preliminary hope of effective malaria vaccine
The best defense remains indoor spraying and the best option remains DDT but, one day, in a decade or two, this might finally remove he scourge of malaria Continue reading
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Posted in DDT and malaria, Health
Mercury danger from fish consumption, almost nothing
With the notable exception of Minamata mercury fears from fish consumption have laways been wildly overwrought. Now comes news that cooking or a hot cuppa make large reductions in mercury exposure Continue reading
Activists claim world increasingly “polluted”, dangerous
Those getting their information from the media, which lazily regurgitates activist media releases, could be forgiven for believing the world is in serious and worsening shape. Then there’s the truth Continue reading
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Posted in Development, Public health miscellany
Hansen rolls the ‘climate dice’ in new paper…
… and craps out. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
High fiber diet reduces colon cancer risk?
Does a new study change our minds about the dietary fiber-cancer myth? Continue reading
Posted in Food miscellany
Lung Association funded by natural gas industry, too
EPA is not the only anti-coal organization funding the American Lung Association. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA
Obama delays killing Keystone XL
You may have read that President Obama delayed the Keystone XL pipeline decision pending the search for a new route. That’s not quite accurate. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Uganda’s electric car
Now all Uganda needs is extension cords that can reach nations with electricity. Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles
Green Cuisine: Bug-eating
Grasshoppers and crickets are okay to eat. But not spiders — they’re “colleagues”. Continue reading
Posted in Green hell
Wall Street Journal to blame for Muller-gate?
Muller says the Wall Street Journal twisted his words. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
WSJ: A Rule of Blind Injustice
“The new regulatory standard for household products is zero risk.” Continue reading
Posted in Consumer products, CPSC
Paul EPA Cross-State Rule Resolution Fails, 41-56
Proponents of reining in the out-of-control EPA lost this Senate battle — but the war is not over yet.
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Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Sessions attacks EPA reliance on correlations
Another JunkScience.com point enters the Senate debate. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Boxer attacks Paul for Lung Association remark
Sen. Barbara Boxer called on Rand Paul to apologize for saying that the American Lung Association is a paid advocate for the EPA. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Rand Paul cites JunkScience work on Senate floor
Sen. Rand Paul (-KY) kicked off today’s pre-vote debate on EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule with an awesome attack on air pollution alarmism, including some of JunkScience.com’s work. Continue reading
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Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
UN report: Bull market for coal, natural gas
If you’re an enviro, you may want to figure out which anti-depressant works best for you. Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy, Coal
RFF chief: Skepticism has ‘reached its peak’
Is it time to sell skepticism short? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Pennsylvania pol proves mercury causes brain damage
Mercury does make you stupid. Here’s the proof. Continue reading
