Category: Risk Analysis

Organically-Grown Food Not Necessarily Better For You, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #290 /
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule to allow producers of organic food to place a USDA organic seal on their products should be rejected because it misleads consumers into believing that organic food is safer and better ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

National Policy Analysis #298 /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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No Pleasing Environmentalists, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #271 /
Environmentalists frequently urge industry to adopt "Clean Technologies" that reduce pollution and promote conservation. Why is it, then, that those same environmentalists advocate a ban on agricultural biotechnology that significantly reduces the use of potentially harmful pesticides, can reduce soil ...
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Tastes Great, Less Filling: New Bioengineered Foods Bring Benefits to Consumers

National Policy Analysis #272 /
Let's face it. The holiday season would be just about perfect, except for one little thing: those extra pounds many of us gain because we overindulge. What if someone could engineer food so it would be less fattening and more ...
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Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick; Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment

Press Release /
For Immediate Release: November 23, 1999 Contact: Amy Ridenour (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment Instead of Giving Thanks ...
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A Federal Tobacco Lawsuit: Bad Economics, Bad Law and Bad Governing

National Policy Analysis #255 /
The way some politicians go on about tobacco, you'd never know that it is government's fine coffers that profit the most from cigarettes. Has any politician ever mentioned that government rakes in 53 cents per pack of cigarettes sold1 while ...
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Supreme Court and Congress Act Against Junk Science

National Policy Analysis #237 /
Newspaper readers nationwide chuckled recently, reading Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Associated Press stories about a southern Florida sports club that had banned soap, shampoo and shaving cream for the club's locker room.(1) The club had recently paid more than $50,000 ...
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Crazy Court Cases Show: Bad Science Makes Bad Law

National Policy Analysis #216 /
A court once determined that dropping a can of orange juice can cause breast cancer.1 In another court, an "expert" witness testified that breast implants cause drunk driving -- even in persons who have had their implants removed.2 A conflict ...
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Alar Redux: Hollywood Peddles Shaky Science Once Again

National Policy Analysis #202 /
You remember the Alar Scare -- when Hollywood actress Meryl Streep, an environmental group peddling junk science and an irresponsibly biased interview by CBS's 60 Minutes caused panicky parents all over America to stop buying apples. Apple growers lost at ...
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Ironies of the Tobacco Wars

National Policy Analysis #198 /
Did you know that airline air was better back when smoking was allowed on planes? According to the respected travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler, in the days of airline smoking, pilots let up to four times as much fresh air ...
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