Science

'Cooler Heads' Deny Global Warming

by Laura Miller — April 4, 2004 - 10:00pm

As campaigning Republicans face attacks from environmentalist on climate change, industry friendly Consumer Alert has relaunched the Cooler Heads Coalition and its website globalwarming.org.

Main Source: 
PR Newswire, April 5, 2004

Silencing Science (Again)

by Sheldon Rampton — March 5, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Two scientists from President Bush's top advisory board on cutting-edge medical research yesterday published a detailed criticism of the board's own reports, and said the board skewed scientific facts in service of a political and ideological cause," reports Gareth Cook. One of the scientists, Janet Rowley, is a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. The other Elizabeth H. Blackburn, is a highly regarded biologist who was fired from the panel last Friday.

Main Source: 
Boston Globe, March 6, 2004

Beware 'Sound Science'

by Laura Miller — February 28, 2004 - 11:00pm

"When George W. Bush and members of his administration talk about environmental policy, the phrase 'sound science' rarely goes unuttered," Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post. "On issues ranging from climate change to the storage of nuclear waste in Nevada's Yucca Mountain, our president has assured us that he's backing up his decisions with careful attention to the best available research. ...

Main Source: 
Washington Post, February 29, 2004

Bush's 'Sound Science' Means Spin & Censorship

by John Stauber — February 18, 2004 - 11:00pm

The Bush administration loves to wrap itself in the mantle of "sound science," but as we've reported in our book Trust Us, We're Experts, "sound science" is a buzz-word for science with a pro-industry bias.

Main Source: 
New York Times, February 19, 2004

Drug Researcher Continues To Challenge Industry Claims

by Laura Miller — January 23, 2004 - 11:00pm

A Canadian professor of pediatrics and medicine vows to continue speaking out on the risk of a drug used to treat thalassemia, a hereditary blood disorder. Dr. Nancy Olivieri lost her attempt to get her research on the harmful side effects of deferiprone looked at by the committee for proprietary and medicinal products (CPMP) that regulates drugs in Europe. "This ruling guarantees that only a drug company attempting to sell a drug will control the content of the scientific data submitted or not submitted to the European CPMP," she said.

Main Source: 
BMJ.com, January 24, 2004

Drug Industry Spins Medical Journals Through Ghostwriters

by Laura Miller — December 6, 2003 - 11:00pm

"Hundreds of articles in medical journals claiming to be written by academics or doctors have been penned by ghostwriters in the pay of drug companies," the Observer reports. "The journals, bibles of the profession, have huge influence on which drugs doctors prescribe and the treatment hospitals provide. But The Observer has uncovered evidence that many articles written by so-called independent academics may have been penned by writers working for agencies which receive huge sums from drug companies to plug their products.

Main Source: 
Observer (UK), December 7, 2003

Scientist Resigns Over EPA's 'Wetlands Pollute' Study

by John Stauber — October 21, 2003 - 10:00pm

"A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency biologist has resigned in protest of his agency's acceptance of a developer-financed study concluding that wetlands discharge more pollutants than they absorb, according to a statement released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). EPA's approval of the study gives developers credit for improving water quality by replacing natural wetlands with golf courses and other developments. ...

Main Source: 
PEER News Release, October 22, 2003

Bush Covers Up Climate Research

by Laura Miller — September 20, 2003 - 10:00pm

"White House officials have undermined their own government scientists' research into climate change to play down the impact of global warming," Paul Harris reports in the Observer. "Emails and internal government documents obtained by The Observer show that officials have sought to edit or remove research warning that the problem is serious.

Main Source: 
London Observer, September 21, 2003

White House Accused Of Distorting And Suppressing Data

by Laura Miller — August 7, 2003 - 10:00pm

A new study says the "Bush administration persistently manipulates scientific data to serve its ideology and protect the interests of its political supporters," the New York Times writes.
The 40-page report, Politics and Science in the Bush Administration, was prepared at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman, the Government Reform Committee's ranking Democrat.

Main Source: 
New York Times, August 8, 2003

"Media Plan" Nearly Incinerated

by Sheldon Rampton — August 1, 2003 - 10:00pm

Officials with the British Ministry of Defence were preparing to destroy a "media plan" about Dr. David Kelly three days after his death, according to a the Telegraph. "It is not clear whether the papers were burned, but MoD officials admitted last night that ministry security guards called the police after finding the 'media plan' relating to the Kelly affair in a sack of classified waste being prepared for incineration," the paper reported.

Main Source: 
Telegraph (UK), August 2, 2003
Syndicate content