Defending Science News

SKAPP Authors Expose Brush Wellman Role in Stalling Stricter Beryllium Limit

July 1 - In the latest issue of Public Health Reports, authors from SKAPP and the beryllium industry present conflicting views of the industry’s role in stalling OSHA action on beryllium.
 

SKAPP in the Latest Public Health Reports

June 16 - The new issue of Public Health Reports features an article by Susan Wood and Kristen Perosino about the impact of the FDA Amendments Act on FDA transparency, and a response from David Michaels and Celeste Monforton to a letter on their recent beryllium article.
 

SKAPP Examines Government Scientists' Rights and Responsibilities

June 3 - SKAPP's new Scientists in Government project, which promotes public discussion about the rights and responsibilities of government scientists, is recruiting current and former government scientists to participate in this qualitative research.
 

David Michaels Testifies in Senate

May 7 - SKAPP Director David Michaels testified at an oversight hearing on science and environmental regulatory decisions held by the Senate Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children’s Health Protection.
 

Bisphenol A Case Study Released

April 16 - Just as the NTP has issued a new draft brief expressing concern about health effects of bisphenol A at current levels of human exposure, SKAPP has released a case study by Sarah Vogel on federal agencies’ response to this ubiquitous chemical.
 

Early Reviews Praise Doubt is Their Product

March 31 - Two early reviews of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health praise the book for showing how manufactured uncertainty harms health and the environment.
 

Public Health Reports Webcast Features David Michaels on Beryllium

February 4 - Public Health Reports' February webcast featured SKAPP's David Michaels discussing his article (co-authored with Celeste Monforton) about OSHA's failure to update its beryllium standard.
 

Scholars Explore Litigation and Regulatory Science

January 4 - Papers delivered at SKAPP’s third Coronado Conference have just been published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
 

SKAPP Authors Tell Inside Story of Beryllium Regulation

December 18 - In a new article in Public Health Reports, David Michaels and Celeste Monforton explain how the beryllium industry fought efforts to strengthen OSHA's inadequate and outdated beryllium workplace exposure standard.

Susan Wood Calls for Restoration of Scientific Integrity at Health Agencies

December 17 - In a Boston Globe op-ed, Susan Wood warns that the Bush administration is neglecting the health needs of millions of Americans by leaving key health-agency leadership positions vacant for too long or filling them with individuals who advance an ideological agenda and show a disregard for scientific integrity.

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