Science

Profiling the Global Warming Skeptics

by Bob Burton — March 3, 2009 - 3:51am

The core of the small global network of global warming skeptics are once more gathering at a conference organized by the Heartland Institute, a corporate and foundation funded think tank based in Chicago.

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Project on the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change

Science Needs Permission?

by Sheldon Rampton — February 24, 2009 - 3:01pm

"Biotechnology companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental impact of the industry’s genetically modified crops, according to an unusual complaint issued by a group of those scientists," reports Andrew Pollack.

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New York Times, February 20, 2009

The Higher Cost of Biofuels

by Judith Siers-Poisson — February 11, 2009 - 6:49pm

A new study found that there is a higher health cost associated with corn-based biofuels than with traditional energy forms.

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The Guardian (UK), February 2, 2009

Support for Whistleblowers

by Judith Siers-Poisson — February 2, 2009 - 5:58pm

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to strengthen protections for whistleblowers, especially those that work for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and in other areas of national security.

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Washington Post, January 29, 2009

This Is Your University, on Drugs

by Diane Farsetta — January 30, 2009 - 11:15am

In 2002, an independent study on hormone replacement therapy was halted, because the drugs were strongly linked to an "increased risk for breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots" in women. The same year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison began offering an online course, "funded entirely by a $12 million grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals," that "promoted hormone therapy, touted its benefits and downplayed its risks." Wyeth makes two hormone therapy drugs, Prempro and Premarin.

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The Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), January 25, 2009

How Big Tobacco Deals with Adverse Research -- and Researchers

by Anne Landman — January 13, 2009 - 3:38pm

A case study in the January issue of the American Journal of Public Health shows the extent to which the tobacco industry works to derail research -- and researchers -- that could adversely affect it.

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American Journal of Public Health (sub req'd), January 2009

How Wyeth Bought Science that Sells

by Diane Farsetta — December 23, 2008 - 4:55pm

According to internal documents, the pharmaceutical company Wyeth "paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal articles favorable to its female hormone replacement therapy Prempro." As early as 1997, Wyeth paid the "medical writing firm" DesignWrite to publish favorable journal articles about Prempro under academics' names.

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New York Times, December 12, 2008

Pharma See, Pharma Sue

by Sheldon Rampton — December 14, 2008 - 1:26am

The Canadian Association of University Teachers has strongly condemned a new lawsuit by the Apotex pharmaceutical company against Dr. Nancy Olivieri. As a liver specialist at the University of Toronto, Olivieri first came under attack from Apotex in 1996 when she notified her patients that she had detected toxic side effects while conducting an Apotex-sponsored study of the company's drug, deferiphone.

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Canadian Association of University Teachers, December 1, 2008

Drugmakers' Dollars, Doctors' Disclosure Disorders

by Sheldon Rampton — December 9, 2008 - 9:47pm

Doctors Frederick Goodwin and Joseph Biederman are counterattacking in an effort to defend their reputations following disclosures that they took millions of dolla

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BNET Pharma, December 8, 2008

Participatory Project: What's Happening at the Climate Change Negotiations?

by Bob Burton — December 9, 2008 - 5:46am

As scientific warnings about the potential risks of climate change intensify, governments realize they need to at least be seen as responsive to global warming concerns. But, behind the scenes, many of the world's richest countries are dragging their feet.

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SourceWatch Climate Change portal, December 9, 2008
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