The National Academy of Science’s National Research Council issued a new climate report today with the same old alarmism: Continue reading New NAS climate report; Same ol' same ol' junk science
Day: May 12, 2011
EPA bullies its way to first CO2 emissions limit
The EPA is finally getting around to setting limits on greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources, like power plants — coal industry watch out. Continue reading EPA bullies its way to first CO2 emissions limit
Poll: Compulsory MMR vaccination?
Although the U.S. government declared measles eradicated in 2000, the disease still occurs and people refusing vaccinations may be partly to blame. Continue reading Poll: Compulsory MMR vaccination?
Poll: Kroger ban on BPA
The grocery chain Kroger announced that it would ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging and receipts — even though there is no evidence that BPA in those products has ever harmed anyone and there is no evidence that BPA substitutes are safer.
Kroger’s move wasn’t based on science but alleged consumer concern. A spokesman said, :
The bottom line is if it makes customers happy to have BPA removed from the products they buy, then Kroger is doing what it can to make customers happy. This stuff could be perfectly safe, but if the customers think it’s not, then Kroger is making this move to keep them happy.
There was no word from Kroger as to whether it would also be banning products that actually do sicken and/or kill some people.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies cause 30,000 cases of anaphylaxis, 2,000 hospitalizations, and 150 deaths annually. There are eight foods that account for 90% of all food-allergy reactions cow’s milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts (for example, walnuts, pecans, almonds, and cashews), fish, shellfish, soybeans, and wheat, according to the CDC.
What do you think would have been a better course for Kroger to take?
Poll: MRSA-infested bedbugs or pesticides?
A new study reports that bedbugs are infected with drug-resistant staph bacteria (MRSA). There is no evidence so far that bedbugs are spreading MRSA, however.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could end the resurgence of bedbugs with a stroke of the pen by bringing back banned pesticides (e.g., DDT, organophosphates, diazinon and Dursban) and encouraging the development of new pesticides. But so far, the EPA has opted to let the bedbugs infest with impunity.
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Poll: Scholastic vs. Enviros
In “Coal Tales Call Unfit for Fourth Grade“, the New York Times reports that anti-business lefties are attacking Scholastic, Inc. for publishing pro-coal educational materials that were developed by the American Coal Foundation. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood calls this “predatory marketing.”
The CCFC, however, apparently had no problem when Scholastic published Al Gore’s propaganda in 2007.
Read the Times article and take the poll below:
Poll: Burlington, VT vs. Lockheed Martin
Cutting through the environmental crap in today’s New York Times report, “In a Green Town, Activists See Red Over Lockheed Martin“, it’s clear that:
- The mayor of Burlington, VT wants jobs;
- Lockheed Martin wants to make money; and
- Local anti-military lefties oppose both of the above.
But the debate, at least as reported by the Times, is centered around around global warming. Read the article and take the poll below.