The Open Market Blog

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 02/16/2007

In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency issued warnings to pregnant women. They said that trace levels of methyl…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 02/15/2007

The New York Times reports today that many consumers are turning to “green” cleaning products. If people are willing to pay more for these…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 02/14/2007

Today, Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) reportedly will introduce the Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act, which would reverse…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 02/13/2007

An Associated Press story today warns that the roses you get for Valentines Day could be lethal.  In places like Columbia, they are “sprayed, rinsed…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 02/02/2007

This is depressing. Wal-Mart has decided to take the politically correct road—working to eliminate its so-called “carbon footprint.” What on earth does that mean? Are…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 01/31/2007

California usually leads the nation in the formulation of bad public policy—which policymakers in other states often see as a model. But this week, they…