Month: January 2015

NOT SCIENCE: ‘Former NFL players who played tackle football before age 12 at increased risk of memory and thinking problems later’

Nope. Not even close. Continue reading NOT SCIENCE: ‘Former NFL players who played tackle football before age 12 at increased risk of memory and thinking problems later’

EPA exposes exercising asthmatics to 9 times more diesel particulate than deemed safe — No adverse health effects reported

The latest episode in the continuing saga of EPA’s illegal human experiments. Continue reading EPA exposes exercising asthmatics to 9 times more diesel particulate than deemed safe — No adverse health effects reported

EPA banned experiments on children —but not until after it sprayed diesel exhaust up the noses of 10-year olds

But the agency still defends the tests as necessary for public policy — yet another illegal rationale. Continue reading EPA banned experiments on children —but not until after it sprayed diesel exhaust up the noses of 10-year olds

New study doesn’t show BPA a risk during pregnancy

A new BPA claims that exposure to realistic levels of BPA during pregnancy increases “biochemical markers for oxidative stress,” which are “associated with insulin resistance and inflammation, which are risk factors for diabetes and other metabolic disorders as well as cardiovascular disease.” Continue reading New study doesn’t show BPA a risk during pregnancy

GOP Keystone XL amendment would require Senate approval of any international climate treaty

Would cover Obama’s China deal, too. Introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri). Continue reading GOP Keystone XL amendment would require Senate approval of any international climate treaty

Denialism vs. Denihilism: What the prison warden in ‘Cool Hand Luke’ got right

As it turns out, the common epithet hurled by warmunists at their opponents has been widely misunderstood. Continue reading Denialism vs. Denihilism: What the prison warden in ‘Cool Hand Luke’ got right

EPA Used 10-Year Old Children in Illegal Diesel Exhaust Experiments

JunkScience.com has confirmed through the Freedom of Information Act that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency paid the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct experiments testing whether exposure to diesel exhaust harms children. These experiments are illegal under the Nuremberg Code, California state law and federal regulations concerning the protection of human subjects in medical research. Continue reading EPA Used 10-Year Old Children in Illegal Diesel Exhaust Experiments