Category: Risk Analysis

Government Regulation Will Literally Take People’s Breath Away, by Bob Parks

New Visions Commentary /
It's not news that far too many environmentalists prefer trees, animals and insects over people. In 1962, environmentalist icon Rachel Carson — a government bureaucrat at the time — chose nature. She created a stink about the highly-effective pesticide DDT, ...
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Greens Squeeze Impoverished Out of Jobs

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It may sound absurd, but several environmental NGOs – notably Greenpeace, Rainforest Action, and WWF – are now involved in a concerted attempt to stymie investment in the developing world. At the root of the insidious campaign is a fundamental ...
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Zadroga Bill’s Federal Dollars Trump Science for NY Politicians

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For once, the feds have made a policy decision based on sound science … and, of course, Congress is standing in their way. My new piece over at Reason.com examines why three New York politicians, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D), Jerrod Nadler (D), ...
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Let’s Move. Further?

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In an op-ed appearing in various McClatchy-Tribune newspapers this week, I wrote that the first lady’s  “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign could have been a lot worse.  I wrote, In the year since Michelle Obama launched her campaign against obesity, she’s ...
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Save the Suds from Environmental Extremism, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

New Visions Commentary /
Washington is regulating the common light bulb out of existence and raiding America's medicine cabinet. Now, the Obama Administration's EPA is preparing to go after soap! Remember the hand sanitizing gels that were on virtually every countertop, desk and in ...
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NYC PCB Scare: New York Post Op-ed

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Are New York City schools killing kids?  Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and plaintiffs’ lawyers sure seem to think so.  But they have the science all wrong. As I write in today’s New York Post: They’re using junk-science alarmism to pressure ...
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School Scare Is Lights-Out For Reason, by Jeff Stier

School Scare Is Lights-Out For Reason, by Jeff Stier

National Policy Analysis #621 /
Fixing Phony PCB Problem Could Cost New York Schools a Billion How many politicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Rep. Jerrold Nadler and a cadre of local officials, activists and "public interest" lawyers are on the ...
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The Coming War on Menthol Cigarettes

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Last year, not long after the Food and Drug Administration got legislative authority to regulate tobacco, "flavored" cigarettes were banned — on behalf of the children. This was largely a publicity stunt since Twista Lime, Kauai Kolada and other flavored ...
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The EPA’s Latest Unscientific Power Grab

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Do you think the EPA should stick to the science before regulating? See my commentary on Townhall.com, where I explain, What has changed is an increasing adherence to the unscientific precautionary principle, which requires that unless we can prove something absolutely ...
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The EPA’s Latest Unscientific Power Grab, by Jeff Stier

National Policy Analysis #620 /
Why would the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturn its own scientists and decide to regulate trace levels of perchlorate in drinking water after it recently decided it didn't need to be regulated?1 Earlier this month, the EPA announced it will ...
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