Category: Risk Analysis

Economic Shrapnel From Bloomberg Drink Ban

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Much has been said on this blog and web site about the loopholes inherent in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announced plan to criminalize sugary beverages in cups larger that 16 ounces in New York City and how the plan will do ...
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Banning Soda Restricts Freedoms for Little Good, Says Jeff Stier on CNN

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National Center Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier was featured on CNN's Headline News Thursday, reacting to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to seek restrictions on the sale of large beverages in the city. Said Jeff, in part: Banning ...
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Pink Slime and Consumer Choice, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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Recently, we have been besieged with news reports about hamburger. At issue is whether hamburger containing lean finely textured beef (LFTB) is safe and should be part of our diet. As I am a mom, food safety warnings naturally raise ...
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Good Housekeeping, Polluted

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In a piece for Junkscience.com, I write about how Good Housekeeping magazine was once a trusted source for accurate information.That reputation may be going down the drain with a misleading environmental activist hit-piece on water safety. I write, In the ...
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Food Activists “Slime” Perfectly Healthy Beef Product in Ridiculous Bid to Promote Organic Food Agenda

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Why Waste Scarce Tax Dollars to Switch to More Expensive, Higher-Fat Alternatives? Food Activists "Slime" Perfectly Healthy Beef Product in Ridiculous Bid to Promote Organic Food Agenda, Charges Health Risk Expert Jeff Stier in Friday's New York Post New York, ...
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Jeff Stier Talks Bloomberg Food Ban on CNN

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Jeff Stier, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Risk Analysis Division, appeared on CNN twice on 3/20/12 to talk about efforts by the Bloomberg Administration to ban all private food donations to city-run homeless shelters in New ...
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What’s Wrong with New York Politicians?

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Washington, D.C. - Two new releases by the National Center for Public Policy Research raise the question, "What's wrong with New York politicians?" On Tuesday, the National Center released a new mini-documentary by filmmaker and National Center Media Fellow Steven ...
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Nanny State Run Amuck: Bloomberg Bans Food Donations in New York City

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Food Might Be Salty or Too High in Calories, City Explains Washington, D.C. - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is now banning all food being offered to the city's homeless shelters. New York City's bureaucrats have become so singularly ...
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Green Activists Push Polystyrene Ban in California; We Push Back

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In an op-ed in the Orange County Register, Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution and I argue against a legislative effort to ban polystyrene foodservice containers throughout California. We write: The California Assembly could soon vote to make ...
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There’s Something Not Kosher About The Sustainability Movement

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It has become increasingly fashionable among some in my Jewish community to promote the notion that kosher food must be, what they call, “sustainable.” First, it is important to understand that kosher food laws are strictly religious in nature; it ...
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