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WINNING!! EPA chief to ban use of ‘secret science’ in rulemaking
Claim: Cutting carbon emissions sooner could save 153 million lives
False. Duke’s Drew Shindell knows nothing about air quality epidemiology — at least that is a charitable explanation for this junk science.
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Claim: Lead causes 250,000 heart disease deaths per year
This is study is evidence of nothing. Bruce Lanphear is a long-time lead scare profiteer.
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The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
P-hacking is where researchers collect or select data and statistical analysis until nonsignifiant results become significant.
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Trump’s Tariffs: A Tool for Free Trade
No, it’s not NOT Smoot-Hawley all over again.
Publication bias and the canonization of false facts
‘Science’ is facing a replication crisis.
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NO… blacks not a higher risk from PM2.5 than whites…. NO
PM2.5 doesn’t kill people — white, black or purple. But it does make researchers of all skin colors dishonest.
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Claim: Coral reef experiment shows acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
Nah.
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Milloy quote on Pompeo is NYTimes headline
The quote in the NYTimes headline is mine. Who’d a thunk that would ever happen?
Steve Milloy quoted in Trump EPA Report of First Year Accomplishments
Also had a great meeting today with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt! Big things happening!
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Study: US cancer treatment guidelines ‘often based on weak evidence’
So far the war on cancer has largely been an expensive failure. Some success, but mostly not.
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Claim: Sinking ground in San Francisco Bay will worsen flooding from rising sea levels
Sinking, yes. Sea level rise, no.
