Based on this latest assessment, EFSA upheld the finding of its 2010 review that the existing tolerable daily intake (TDI) for BPA would “protect all human populations for lifetime exposure to this substance through diet.” Continue reading
Daily Archives: December 1, 2011
Food nannies want to torture kids in hospitals with ‘healthy’ food
Only 44% of children’s hospitals offered “low cal” salad dressing, while 81% offered cookies. Quelle horreur! Continue reading
Posted in Food nannies
Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica?
What exactly does a correlation between a 40% plunge in atmospheric CO2 and Antarctic cooling over a 3 million-year period prove? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Columbia River salmon are adapting to climate change?
And how do researchers know that? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Flameout: GM offers to buy back Volts
That shouldn’t cost too much since only about 6,000 were sold. Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles
Evangelicals: For God and EPA?
EPA air rules are pro-life? Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA
LED lighting saves money?
Only if you add in a “maintenance cost” fudge factor. Continue reading
Posted in Energy efficiency
U.S. spent $3.1 billion on foreign climate aid in 2011
It’s a good thing there’s no federal budget crisis. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
European budget woes hit wind industry
The EU will miss its 2020 wind targets because the welfare state is running out of money. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Penn State (ideological) child abuse? Mann advising zoos on climate
We thought it was bad enough that zoos were propagandizing visitors like the child pictured below children. But then we learned about the Michael Mann connection. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Endangered species
Energy drinks a public health problem?
That’s what the Obama administration says. The American Beverage Association begs to differ. Continue reading
Posted in Beverages
House committee passes bill to ban EPA regulation of nuisance dust
… including farm dust. Continue reading
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Posted in Air pollution, EPA
Renewable energy hostage-taking time
Stop the war against fossil fuels — or else. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Coal, EPA, Oil and gas
NYTimes: Bad Call on Farm Drugs
Antibiotic resistance hysteria isn’t working out for the greens. Continue reading
Posted in Antibiotic resistance
Vaccine fearmongerers succeed — more measles in Europe
How do we vaccinate ourselves from fearmongering? Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines
Group frames climate protection as a moral cause?
We’ll try to do this without spontaneously combusting. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, DDT and malaria
IBD: Weather’s Too Nice For Global Warming Alarmists
” Sunday will be the 2,232nd consecutive day that the U.S. has gone without being hit by a major hurricane. This is a big enough deal to be covered by the mainstream media. But of course it won’t be.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
IBD: Will EPA Shut Down Shale?
“The latest salvo in the administration’s war on energy may be new rules and permits to regulate a process to get oil and gas from porous rock, sacrificing jobs and economic growth while under review.” Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
