In the wake of Brian Palmer’s BBQ-ing-causes-global-warming op-ed in today’s New York Times, we are even more excited about grilling several cows over many bags of charcoal this Independence Day weekend.
Author: Steve Milloy
FDA panel right on Avastin
An FDA panel has rightly rejected Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer. Continue reading FDA panel right on Avastin
AAAS whines about FOIA requests for climate scoundrels Mann, Hansen
The global warming establishment feels real heat from skeptics and whines about it. Check out this release from the American Tradition Institute.
Chemicals on autopilot blame for autoimmune disease: Industry, chemists AWOL?
Does the chemical industry have any self-respect? Continue reading Chemicals on autopilot blame for autoimmune disease: Industry, chemists AWOL?
Cancer cluster among TSA screeners?
As much as we may dislike the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and its often over-the-top airport screening procedures, there is no reason to believe that airport body scanners present any sort of risk of harm to TSA workers. If there is a genuine surge in health effects among TSA employees who work near scanners, the surge is likely due to increased diagnosis and reporting of medical conditions as opposed to radiation exposure. There’s just not enough radiation exposure to workers from the scanners. The scanners can be opposed on grounds of intrusiveness and pointlessness but not safety.
EPA regulations — our economy's golden goose?
Every dollar spent complying with federal regulations returned anywhere from $2.13 to $14.90 during the 2000s, according to a new report from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). EPA rules accounted for approximately 84% of this alleged regulatory largesse. Needless to say, the OMB report is total nonsense. Continue reading EPA regulations — our economy's golden goose?
Climatewire: Unfair trade press (Part 2)
So I received the following e-mail from Climatewire deputy editor Lisa Friedman in response to my e-mail to editor John Fialka: Continue reading Climatewire: Unfair trade press (Part 2)
Climatewire: Unfair trade press
Why is perfectly legal funding for a climate skeptic a big trade press story but possibly illegal income paid to a government climate alarmist a non-story? Continue reading Climatewire: Unfair trade press
Black carbon and global warming?
The EPA’s Science Advisory Board has endorsed the EPA’s draft Report to Congress on Black Carbon, which concludes that black carbon emissions are the second or third leading cause of global warming. But check out the report’s charts on historical black carbon emissions (pages 4-37 to 4-39). Let us know if you find some correlation between historical black carbon emissions and historical temperatures.
UN underscores arbitrariness of chemical bans
Canada and the Ukraine successfully blocked the banning of chrysotile asbestos from the UN’s politically incorrect list of chemicals that can be banned from import as hazardous. The two countries argued that chrysotile asbestos shouldn’t be banned because it can be handled safely. Of course, there’s not a chemical on the Rotterdam list that can’t be handled and/or used safely. Chemical bans are arbitrary, silly and harmful.
New BPA scare: Male mice less hunky to females?
Is your significant other turned off after you consume canned food? Do you have trouble finding your way home after touching a cash register receipt? Continue reading New BPA scare: Male mice less hunky to females?
A Lesson in Limited Government: Dow Chemical vs. Natural Gas Industry
Today’s lesson in why “limited government” is the best government comes courtesy of Dow Chemical and the natural gas industry. Continue reading A Lesson in Limited Government: Dow Chemical vs. Natural Gas Industry