Articles & Op-eds

Activists Hit the (Plastic) Bottle Again

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:54:45 -0700

Anti-chemical activists opened a new front in their jihad against the plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) this week.

Junk Science: Schumer Chucks the FDA?

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 8 May 2008 12:26:28 -0700

Who needs the Food and Drug Administration? New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and personal injury lawyers certainly don’t — at least to the extent that the agency gets in the way of their political grandstanding and a multimillion-dollar payday, respectively.

Anatomy of a Chemical Murder

Steven J. Milloy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:14:42 -0700

Wal-Mart announced last week that it would stop selling baby bottles made with the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA.

The Empower Eliot Spitzer Bill

John Berlau — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation yesterday because of his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring. But this is far from his real scandal.

Looming Lightbulb Liability

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:22:53 -0800

The speeding freight train carrying toxic waste liability for makers, sellers and purchasers of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, or CFLs, was only faintly audible in the distance last spring when this column first warned of it. Now we’re beginning to see that environmentalist-stoked train speed toward its victims, whom President Bush and Congress just finished tying to the tracks.