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Crop Protection Products on the Chopping Block under New EPA Leadership

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Crop Protection Products on the Chopping Block under New EPA Leadership

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 02/16/2021

The Biden administration is poised to start reversing Trump administration policies that were designed to ensure farmers have continued access to critical pest control…

Energy and Environment

Bayer Spends Billions to Save Essential Tool for Farmers

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Bayer Spends Billions to Save Essential Tool for Farmers

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 02/05/2021

Bayer Agrosciences is spending billions of dollars with the hope of keeping the herbicide known as Roundup on the market despite thousands of lawsuits alleging…

Energy and Environment

Consumers Pay the Price for Mass Torts Driven By Junk Science

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Consumers Pay the Price for Mass Torts Driven By Junk Science

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 11/23/2020

The Center for Truth in Science has released an excellent report on mass torts and how unscrupulous lawyers use them to extort large…

Energy and Environment

Big Government Won’t Protect the Oceans; Markets Will

Blog

Big Government Won’t Protect the Oceans; Markets Will

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 10/28/2020

Last week, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a U.S. effort to address plastic litter buildup in oceans and other waters. The desire…

Energy and Environment

EPA Chooses Scientific Approach on Chlorpyrifos: Supports Transparency, Rejects Junk Science

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EPA Chooses Scientific Approach on Chlorpyrifos: Supports Transparency, Rejects Junk Science

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 10/02/2020

Green groups are upset because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to rely on science, rather than environmentalist hype, in its draft risk assessment…

Energy and Environment

A Discussion on Saving Bluebirds through Private Conservation, and a Tribute to Andy Thompson

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A Discussion on Saving Bluebirds through Private Conservation, and a Tribute to Andy Thompson

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 08/21/2020

The following interview of CEI Senior Fellow R.J. Smith was inspired with the encouragement of former CEI staff member Andy Thompson, who passed away recently.

Lands and Wildlife

Solutions to Locust Plague Are the Same as for COVID: Freedom and Technology

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Solutions to Locust Plague Are the Same as for COVID: Freedom and Technology

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 08/13/2020

As nations around the world have struggled to address COVID-19, desert locusts have wreaked havoc in Africa this year. For months, billions of these pests…

Chemical Risk

Democrats Use Phony Asbestos Narrative to Attack CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

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Democrats Use Phony Asbestos Narrative to Attack CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 07/09/2020

During hearings related to Nancy Beck’s nomination to the Consumer Product Safety Commission earlier this month, Senate Democrats engaged in what basically amounted to character…

Chemical Risk

Will Senator Udall Accept the Blame for Methylene Chloride Deaths?

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Will Senator Udall Accept the Blame for Methylene Chloride Deaths?

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 06/26/2020

​​​​​​​Hearings for Nancy Beck’s nomination to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission took place last week at which several Senate Democrats launched outrageous and unfair attacks.

Chemical Risk

Green Activists Make Highly Dubious Claims about CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

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Green Activists Make Highly Dubious Claims about CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 06/09/2020

Left-of-center activists are opposing toxicologist Nancy Beck's nomination to head up the Consumer Product Safety Commission. They suggest that since she once worked for the…

Health and Safety

Green Activists’ Unwarranted Attacks on CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

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Green Activists’ Unwarranted Attacks on CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 06/03/2020

Left-of-center environmental activists are at it again, maligning the reputation of one of President Trump’s nominees—with little regard for the truth. One of their latest…

Consumer Product Safety

Medical Supply Sterilization Plant Employee Corrects Chicago Tribune’s Misleading Coverage

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Medical Supply Sterilization Plant Employee Corrects Chicago Tribune’s Misleading Coverage

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 04/14/2020

An April 13 letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune addresses the paper’s misleading and alarmist narrative about the use of ethylene oxide (EtO).

Health and Safety

EPA Inspector General Report Could Exacerbate Medical Supply Shortages

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EPA Inspector General Report Could Exacerbate Medical Supply Shortages

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 04/03/2020

As hospitals struggle to access sterile medical supplies, the EPA Inspector General released a report that could make things worse. It alleges that EPA officials…

Consumer Well-Being

The Guardian Props Up Lame Greenpeace Tirade, Ignores Potential COVID-19 Risks from Reusable Grocery Bags

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The Guardian Props Up Lame Greenpeace Tirade, Ignores Potential COVID-19 Risks from Reusable Grocery Bags

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 03/27/2020

The Guardian recently published a story on a Greenpeace attack on CEI for pointing out that reusable grocery bags might contain dangerous pathogens, including COVID-19.

Energy and Environment

Greenpeace’s Swing and Miss Reveals Its Hypocrisy about Health Risks from Reusable Bags 

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Greenpeace’s Swing and Miss Reveals Its Hypocrisy about Health Risks from Reusable Bags 

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 03/26/2020

According to Greenpeace, my recent article on the sanitary benefits of single-use plastic bags is part of an effort to “exploit” COVID-19 fears and promote…

Consumer Well-Being

Locusts Threatening African Food Supply; Greens Oppose Only Solution

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Locusts Threatening African Food Supply; Greens Oppose Only Solution

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 03/05/2020

As billions of desert locusts swarm through East Africa and into Asia threatening the food supply of millions, environmental activists want to ban and regulate…

Chemical Risk

May Common Sense Prevail: New York Delays Enforcement of Plastic Bag Ban

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May Common Sense Prevail: New York Delays Enforcement of Plastic Bag Ban

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 02/28/2020

New York State’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags was slated to start on Monday, March 1st, but a state court has just put a…

Energy and Environment

Luddites, not Almond Milk, Pose Biggest Risk to Honeybees

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Luddites, not Almond Milk, Pose Biggest Risk to Honeybees

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 01/29/2020

A recent story in the Guardian alleges that almond growers are somehow uniquely responsible for substantial losses of honeybee hives, and that may eventually lead…

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers’ Fatal Conceit on Recycling Should Be Trashed

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Lawmakers’ Fatal Conceit on Recycling Should Be Trashed

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 12/05/2019

“The more things change, the more they stay the same” is a wise observation, and it’s particularly true in politics. I’ve been following solid waste…

Energy and Environment

A Federally Funded Witches’ Brew of Dangerous Advice

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A Federally Funded Witches’ Brew of Dangerous Advice

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 10/31/2019

Halloween is the one day of the year kids enjoy being a little spooked. But what would you think about a taxpayer-sponsored effort to frighten…

Chemical Risk

CEI Report: Universities Misuse Federal Children’s Environmental Health Grants to Pursue Political Agenda

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CEI Report: Universities Misuse Federal Children’s Environmental Health Grants to Pursue Political Agenda

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 10/24/2019

For more than two decades the federal government has funded a number of “children’s environmental health centers.” Since they are housed in universities, you might…

Chemical Risk

Children’s Environmental Health Programs Translate to Junk Science

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Children’s Environmental Health Programs Translate to Junk Science

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 08/14/2019

For more than a decade now, the federal government has doled out millions of dollars to fund junk science and political activism under the guise…

Chemical Risk

Anti-Plastic Crusade Proves Deadly

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Anti-Plastic Crusade Proves Deadly

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 07/12/2019

News reports this week described the tragic death of a British woman, who died last November while using a metal straw. Apparently, Elena Struthers-Gardner, a…

Consumer Freedom

CIRCLE of Misinformation Spread by Environmental Health Centers

Blog

CIRCLE of Misinformation Spread by Environmental Health Centers

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 07/08/2019

This is the second in a series of posts regarding the Trump administration’s plan to cut Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to children’s environmental health…

Chemical Risk

Federal Grants to ‘Children’s Health Centers’ Fund Junk Science

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Federal Grants to ‘Children’s Health Centers’ Fund Junk Science

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 06/24/2019

Environmental activists threw an ever-predictable tantrum after Environmental Protection Agency officials indicated last month that they may eliminate EPA grants to a number of university-based children’s…

Chemical Risk

Markets, Not Mandates, Best Way to Manage Trash Disposal

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Markets, Not Mandates, Best Way to Manage Trash Disposal

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 05/31/2019

Governments around the world often mandate recycling when there’s no market for the materials collected. Oftentimes, markets don’t exist simply because recycling certain materials requires…

Energy and Environment

Trump EPA Crosses Important Threshold on Science Policy Reform; Greens Get Political

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Trump EPA Crosses Important Threshold on Science Policy Reform; Greens Get Political

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 05/29/2019

News coverage would make most people think that Trump administration officials are doing everything possible to undermine environmental protection and human health. One article even…

Energy and Environment

Activists Build False Narrative to Fight Trump Reforms at EPA

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Activists Build False Narrative to Fight Trump Reforms at EPA

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 03/26/2019

Expect accusations to fly tomorrow as Democrats attempt to build a narrative that the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to skirt science to allow…

Chemical Risk

Maryland’s Nanny State Targets Foam Cups and Containers

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Maryland’s Nanny State Targets Foam Cups and Containers

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 03/19/2019

Maryland consumers may soon be deprived of one of my favorite products: plastic foam coffee cups. The Maryland House of Delegates has already passed a…

Consumer Freedom

Setting the Record Straight on IRIS Reform Progress

Blog

Setting the Record Straight on IRIS Reform Progress

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 02/13/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute published my paper this week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). This is a research program that…

Chemical Risk

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  • Myron Ebell
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  • Jessica Melugin
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