This column about IARC’s effort to railroad the pesticide glyphosphate is now backonline after IARC/activists had it pulled down. Continue reading IARCgate: How NOT to represent science at the international level
Month: April 2016
Childhood asthma overdiagnosed, argue leading respiratory doctors
“Inhalers often dispensed for no good reason and have ‘almost become a fashion accessory’.” Continue reading Childhood asthma overdiagnosed, argue leading respiratory doctors
For Myanmar, temptation of cheap coal ‘hard to ignore’
Another Paris ‘deal’ signatory. Continue reading For Myanmar, temptation of cheap coal ‘hard to ignore’
NASA Is Facing a Climate Change Countdown
Is the ocean rising or is the land subsiding… around this marshland? Continue reading NASA Is Facing a Climate Change Countdown
Judge Orders U.S. to Address Climate Threat to Wolverines
By this sort of logic, skiers are an endangered species. Continue reading Judge Orders U.S. to Address Climate Threat to Wolverines
Could There Be a Terrorist Fukushima?
Obviously we don’t want this to happen but claims of deaths from cancer are overblown. Continue reading Could There Be a Terrorist Fukushima?
NYTimes: Making Way for Wind Power
NYTimes frets NIMBY-ism for wind farm transmission lines. Continue reading NYTimes: Making Way for Wind Power
White House claims warmer world is bad for health
This claim runs counter to reality. Continue reading White House claims warmer world is bad for health
IARCgate: UN agency trying to silence blogger exposing conspiracy to label pesticide as cancer-causing
From Risk-Monger blogger, David Zaruk: Continue reading IARCgate: UN agency trying to silence blogger exposing conspiracy to label pesticide as cancer-causing
Study suggests commercial bumble bee industry amplified a fungal pathogen of bees
I wrote about this sort of problem in the commercial bee industry in 2013. Continue reading Study suggests commercial bumble bee industry amplified a fungal pathogen of bees
Claim: Mountain streams protect species from global warming
“… in contrast to previous studies that predicted widespread extinctions in mountain environments.
The media release and abstract are below.” Continue reading Claim: Mountain streams protect species from global warming
Claim: Financial assets at risk from climate change
It all depends on how extreme the fanatasies of calamity are. Continue reading Claim: Financial assets at risk from climate change