Science

Criminal Silence on Climate Change

by Sheldon Rampton — August 27, 2007 - 9:25pm

According to a recent ruling by federal judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, the Bush administration broke the law by failing to present the latest scientific research about global warming to Congress and the public.

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San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 2007

Providing Information May Be Hazardous to Your Job

by Diane Farsetta — August 23, 2007 - 11:03am

Is there an attempt "to flush out would-be whistle-blowers" at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which "focuses on how pollution and other toxins in the environment contribute to disease"?

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Associated Press, August 20, 2007

When Drug Industry Flacks Attack

by Diane Farsetta — August 17, 2007 - 2:49pm

Following Dr. Steven Nissen's publication of a study warning that "GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia increased the risk of heart attacks by 43% and death from cardiovascular events by possibly 64%," he was publicly pilloried. "More than one story from ostensibly different sources" derisively referred to him as "St Steven," the "Patron Saint of Drug Safety," and "Saint Steven the Pure," reports Evelyn Pringle. Among the attackers was FDA spokesman Douglas Arbesfeld.

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CounterPunch, August 15, 2007

Global Warming is STILL Good for You!

by John Stauber — August 9, 2007 - 7:35am

Five years ago in their book "Trust Us We're Experts," CMD's Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber exposed the propaganda machine selling Americans the idea that global warming is good for us.

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Newsweek, August 13, 2007

An Ugly Fight over Cosmetics Safety

by Diane Farsetta — August 6, 2007 - 12:32pm

"The increasing number of attacks by lobby groups on the US cosmetics and personal care industry means that it is time to fight back," according to CosmeticsDesign.com. The main industry group, the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA), will "use the internet ...

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CosmeticsDesign.com, July 20, 2007

The Great Global Sceptic Swindle

by Bob Burton — July 15, 2007 - 3:38am

Martin Durkin, the director of the global warming sceptic film, The Great Global Warming Swindle, concedes that a graph he used of temperatures over the last thousand years ignores data from the last twenty years. In Durkin's film the endpoint of the graph, produced by a British academic back in the 1980's, is labelled "now".

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Reuters, July 13, 2007

Surgeon General Gets Specific

by Sheldon Rampton — July 11, 2007 - 9:09pm

In testimony before Congress, former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues.

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Washington Post, July 11, 2007

How to Cool Down Global Warming

by Diane Farsetta — July 3, 2007 - 11:29am

Drawing on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Rolling Stone details the Bush administration's "ongoing strategy to block federal action on global warming." In 2002, the administration's Climate Action Report was reported on as a "stark shift" in U.S. policy.

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Rolling Stone, June 20, 2007

Greenwashing Zoos

by Bob Burton — June 20, 2007 - 3:36am

David Hancocks, a former director and architect of zoos in the United States and Australia, is skeptical of the conservation benefits often claimed by zoos. While many zoos tout breeding as a success story, Hancocks sees it as "merely basic zoo business: zoos must breed their animals to preserve their collections. Hardly any animals born in zoos are introduced to the wild." Despite this, he wrote in an opinion column, "They nonetheless loudly position themselves as leaders in wildlife conservation.

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Sydney Morning Herald, June 20, 2007

FDA's Flack Attack

by Sheldon Rampton — June 12, 2007 - 9:41am

Several members of Congress are asking about conflicts of interest at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after an FDA spokesman, who previously worked as a public relations representative for pharmaceutical companies, used agency email to attack the research of an independent scientist. Douglas Arbesfeld, a senior communications consultant to the FDA, sent an email to reporters attacking Dr.

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ABC News Nightline, May 30, 2007
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