The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. HEALTH AND SAFETY

The European Union debates whether to proceed with a vote on a new program for evaluating the safety of chemicals.

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: Director of Risk & Environmental Policy Angela Logomasini on the billions of dollars that would be wasted by the EU chemicals proposal.

2. LEGAL

A jury in New Jersey finds drug maker Merck not guilty of charges they misrepresented the health risks of the widely-prescribed painkiller Vioxx.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Gregory Conko on why the verdict is good news for people dealing with chronic pain.

3. FIRST AMENDMENT

Popular animated series Family Guy takes a satirical jab at the television censors at the Federal Communications Commission.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox examines the debate over broadcast decency on The David Lawrence Show.

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