SKAPP Releases Results of Scientists in Government Research
March 3, 2010 - SKAPP's new report Strengthening Science in Government: Advancing Science in the Public’s Interest identifies concrete steps that agencies and the executive branch can take to strengthen federal science. (Read more)
SKAPP Requests FDA Update on Diacetyl
December 3, 2009 - SKAPP has requested an update from FDA on the status of its 2006 petition to cancel diacetyl's "generally recognized as safe" status. (Read more)
Society for Environmental Journalists Honors Doubt is Their Product
July 22, 2009 - The Society for Environmental Journalists awarded David Michaels' Doubt is Their Product an honorable mention in their annual Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. (Read more)
SKAPP Comments on Presidential Memo on Scientific Integrity
May 13, 2009 - The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) regarding the implementation of scientific integrity principles that President Barack Obama laid out in a Presidential Memorandum on March 9, 2009. (Read more)
Scholars Consider Conventions in Science and the Law
May 6, 2009 - SKAPP and the Duke University Law School have produced an issue of Law and Contemporary Problems focusing on the often-problematic collision of conventions used in the scientific and legal disciplines. (Read more)
Society for Environmental Journalists Honors Doubt is Their Product
July 22, 2009 - The Society for Environmental Journalists awarded David Michaels' Doubt is Their Product an honorable mention in their annual Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. (Read more)
SKAPP Comments on Presidential Memo on Scientific Integrity
May 13, 2009 - The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) regarding the implementation of scientific integrity principles that President Barack Obama laid out in a Presidential Memorandum on March 9, 2009. (Read more)
Scholars Consider Conventions in Science and the Law
May 6, 2009 - SKAPP and the Duke University Law School have produced an issue of Law and Contemporary Problems focusing on the often-problematic collision of conventions used in the scientific and legal disciplines. (Read more)
Celeste Monforton Testifies in Senate
April 28, 2009 - Celeste Monforton testified at a hearing about incentives to make workplaces safer held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions' Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. (Read her testimony)
Doubt is Their Product Wins Recognition from Library Journal and AAP
March 3, 2009 - Library Journal has selected David Michaels’ Doubt is Their Product as one of its Best Sci-Tech Books of 2008, and the American Association of Publishers named it a finalist in their PROSE Awards.
Sigma Xi Honors David Michaels
January 28, 2009 - Sigma Xi, the international honor society of research scientists and engineers, has chosen SKAPP Director David Michaels as the winner of its 2009 John P. McGovern Science and Society Award. (Read more)
APHA Occupational Health & Safety Section Presents Priorities for Federal Action in 2009
January 6, 2009 - The American Public Health Association's Occupational Health & Safety Section, co-chaired by Celeste Monforton, has released "Protecting Workers on the Job: Seven Priorities for Federal Action in 2009." (Read more)
GW Launches New MPH Program in Environmental Health Science and Policy
12/3/08 - The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services is offering a new Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Environmental Health Science and Policy. (Read more)
Celeste Monforton Testifies in House
9/17/08 - GWU Assistant Research Professor Celeste Monforton testified at a hearing on the Department of Labor's proposed risk-assessment rule held by the House Education and Labor Committe's Workforce Protections Subcommittee. (Read her testimony or a case study on the rule)
David Michaels Featured in Authors@Google Series
8/27/08 - David Michaels spoke about Doubt is Their Product to Google employees as part of the company's Authors@Google series; the video is available online.
Scientists Urge Department of Labor to Withdraw Risk-Assessment Rule
8/14/08 - A group of 80 scientists and occupational health experts sent a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao urging her to withdraw a proposed risk-assessment rule that would create new hurdles for agency efforts to protect workers from harmful substances. (Read more)
Washington Post and Chicago Tribune Publish Pieces by David Michaels
7/15/08 - SKAPP Director David Michaels wrote about the funding effect for the Washington Post Health section and penned a Chicago Tribune op-ed on the harm done by manufactured uncertainty.
SKAPP Authors Expose Brush Wellman Role in Stalling Stricter Beryllium Limit
7/1/08 - In the latest issue of Public Health Reports, authors from SKAPP and Brush Wellman present conflicting views of the company’s role in stalling OSHA action on beryllium. (Read more)
SKAPP in the Latest Public Health Reports
6/16/08 - 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. (Read more)
SKAPP Examines Government Scientists' Rights and Responsibilities
6/3/08 - 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. (Read more)
David Michaels Testifies in Senate
5/7/08 - 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. (Read his testimony)
Bisphenol A Case Study Released
4/16/08 - 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. (Read more)
Early Reviews Praise Doubt is Their Product
3/31/08 - 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. (Read more)
Public Health Reports Webcast Features David Michaels on Beryllium
2/4/08 - 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. (Read more)
Scholars Explore Litigation and Regulatory Science
1/4/08 - 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. (Read more)
