Science

FDA Rejects Sunlight

by Sheldon Rampton — May 30, 2007 - 10:43pm

In the wake of the latest study showing heart attack risk in an FDA-approved drug, there have been increased calls for greater transparency of clinical trial results. What does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration think about requiring companies to publicly release all of their trial results?

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GoozNews, March 23, 2007

EPA Screens Have Gaping Holes, Warn Scientists

by Diane Farsetta — May 29, 2007 - 3:12pm

Will it be "one of the most comprehensive screening programs ever to check whether chemicals can disrupt human hormones" or "a misleading $76 million waste"? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, which is slated to begin tests in 2008, is already controversial.

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Dallas Morning News, May 27, 2007

The Not-So-Free Press, Worldwide

by Diane Farsetta — May 24, 2007 - 2:19pm

After giving an interview to Afghanistan's Tolo TV in which she called the Afghan parliament "worse than a stable or a zoo," because "at least there you have a donkey that carries a load and a cow that provides milk," Malalai Joya was suspended from Parliament.

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Associated Press, May 21, 2007

Drilling for Collective Wisdom

by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 22, 2007 - 1:53pm

CMD is a proponent of citizen journalism, particularly through www.SourceWatch.org, our collaborative on-line encyclopedia of people, organizations, and issues shaping the public agenda.

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Future Tense radio program, May 21, 2007

Exxon: Still Fronting After All These Years

by Diane Farsetta — May 18, 2007 - 4:53pm

An old advertisement for Exxon (then Esso)

In an apparent policy shift, earlier this year Exxon Mobil called climate change "a serious issue," saying that "action is warranted." The oil company also said it would

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Reuters, May 18, 2007

Deleting (or Defeating?) Climate Change Language

by Diane Farsetta — May 17, 2007 - 3:56pm

U.S. representatives "are trying to soften the message" of a climate change declaration to be issued at the June summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial countries. G-8 draft documents obtained by the Washington Post show that the U.S.

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Washington Post, May 13, 2007

More Outsourced Science Raises More Questions

by Diane Farsetta — May 7, 2007 - 11:50am

"The public interest and the private interest aren't always the same thing," said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), as Congress prepares to investigate "possible conflicts of interest involving medical research firms such as the Constella Group." The U.S.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wis.), May 5, 2007

Shut Up and Heat

by Sheldon Rampton — May 3, 2007 - 10:08pm

A new media policy restricting U.S. government scientists from speaking to the media is drawing fire from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project.

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Government Executive, April 25, 2007

Not-So-Revolutionary PR

by Bob Burton — April 27, 2007 - 7:31pm

In an interview with LobbyWatch, British journalist George Monbiot reviews the network of the key players from Living Marxism.

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LobbyWatch, April 11, 2007
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