Sens. Vitter and Sessions write: “Maybe the biggest reason to slow down [EPA’s new PM2.5] rule is that the EPA is talking out of both sides of their mouth. Continue reading Senators Question EPA Air Regulation Rule Over Human Testing
Month: February 2013
Claim: Soft-drink addiction caused Australia man, 25, to lose teeth, get blood poisoning
Uh… did anyone ask whether he brushed his teeth? Continue reading Claim: Soft-drink addiction caused Australia man, 25, to lose teeth, get blood poisoning
Greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants down 4.6 pct
DDT causes type 2 diabetes?
In poor Granadians, decades after the pesticide was banned? Continue reading DDT causes type 2 diabetes?
‘Obesity paradox’ solved?
Except that obesity is a symptom, not a disease. Continue reading ‘Obesity paradox’ solved?
Magical Food: Vitamin D, omega-3 may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer’s
But test tubes don’t get Alzheimer’s. Continue reading Magical Food: Vitamin D, omega-3 may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer’s
EPA: U.S. Power Plants Emitted 2.2 Gigatons of CO2 in 2011
That’s 67% of reported emissions. Continue reading EPA: U.S. Power Plants Emitted 2.2 Gigatons of CO2 in 2011
UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2013: +0.51 deg. C
“The most common cause of such warm spikes (when there is no El Nino to blame) is a temporary increase in convective heat transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere.” Continue reading UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2013: +0.51 deg. C
UK fight over dead fish
Where’s Monty Python? Continue reading UK fight over dead fish
House Committee to consider whether EPA endangerment finding ‘scientifically well grounded’
Possibly some EPA budget cuts, too? Continue reading House Committee to consider whether EPA endangerment finding ‘scientifically well grounded’
Global Sea Ice Area Is Above Normal
30 years of unprecedented melting and polar amplification has lead to above normal sea ice area on planet earth – in the middle of the Antarctic summer. Continue reading Global Sea Ice Area Is Above Normal
EPA Science Is the ‘New Homeopathy,’ Doctors State
“Either the EPA is lying to Congress about the lethality of PM2.5, or it is engaged in illegal and unethical human experiments, subjecting vulnerable patients to a substance it believes could kill them instantly,” states Jane Orient, M.D., president of Physicians for Civil Defense. Continue reading EPA Science Is the ‘New Homeopathy,’ Doctors State