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Time to shut down IRIS—for good
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly preparing to eliminate its Office of Research and Development, which houses the controversial Integrated Risk Information System…

RealClear Energy
Microsoft Deal to Restart Three Mile Island Could Be a Game-Changer
Microsoft and Constellation Energy, the utility that owns Three Mile Island, announced a new deal on September 20th that will lead to the restart of…

Forbes
The Social Cost Of Carbon Is A Flawed Metric For Policy Decisions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is updating its social cost of carbon (SCC) estimate as part of a proposed rulemaking setting energy…
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The Report on Carcinogens
There is nothing wrong in principle with publishing periodic reports identifying substances that pose carcinogenic risks to humans. But it would be a mistake to…
Western FarmPress
Mandatory GMO Food Labeling Implies Risks Where There Are None
This offering comes under the heading of “Wish I had written that.” In a recent issue of Forbes, Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko wrote …
Western FarmPress
Stoking Fears About ‘No More Tears’
For as long as there have been cosmetics, they’ve been part of the holidays. They’re popular Christmas gifts and part of looking good at big…
Western FarmPress
FDA Was Right to Deny Petition to Restrict Animal Antibiotics
News Release
New Study Exposes Flaws in “Green Chemistry” Movement
Washington D.C., November 16, 2011 — This holiday season, most Americans will be happily taking advantage of the comforts and conveniences of the modern world.
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Green Chemistry’s March of the Ostriches
Popular myths about man-made chemicals cause lawmakers to bury their heads in the sand and support restrictive regulations that do not realistically address risks to…
American Council on Science and Health
Attack of the Killer Cosmetics?
Arizona Daily Sun
Lawmakers Who Ban Plastics Talking Trash
The past several years have seen a groundswell of bans on plastics — from plastic bags to foam cups. The rationales for such policies…
Arizona Daily Sun
Weekend Reading: The True Story of Cosmetics
Arizona Daily Sun
The EWG Provides Food for (No) Thought
News Release
True Story of Cosmetics Exposes the Risks of Smear Campaign
Washington, D.C., October 18, 2011 – The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and its partner, the Environmental Working Group, are on a crusade to scare consumers…
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The True Story of Cosmetics
Many environmental groups want to rid the world of synthetic chemicals. Now they are at war with your makeup.
PJ Media
Fast Food Outlet in Pickle as Activists Attack Foam Cups
Remember when most “to-go” coffee came in convenient, insulated foam cups? Remember when McDonald’s served food in foam clamshells that kept your meal nice…
PJ Media
BPA Law Should Be Canned
Advocates on opposing sides of a public policy issue often have honest differences of opinion, with both viewpoints being plausible. It is the stuff of…
PJ Media
The Price of Beauty: Chemicals in My Cosmetics?
I am not a morning person, but every day a host of personal care products — from toothpaste to mascara — help me transform…
PJ Media
Oregon’s Anti-BPA Packaging Legislation May Jeopardize Public Health
The Oregon Senate recently voted in favor of SB 695, which would ban BPA use for children’s food containers, baby bottles and sippy cups…
Baltimore Sun
BPA Poses Serious Health Risk to Children
News Release
Anti-BPA Packaging Laws Jeopardize Public Health, New Report Finds
Washington, D.C., April 22, 2011 – In an ill-considered move that could jeopardize public health, Maryland legislators last week banned the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA)…
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Anti-BPA Packaging Laws Jeopardize Public Health
Full Document Available in PDF In public policy, bad ideas have an unfortunate…
Baltimore Sun
A Toxic Consensus on Toxic Substances?
When ducks are in a row, stars align, and Republicans, Democrats, industry and environmentalists agree — it’s time to worry. Such forces materialized at recent…
National Center for Policy Analysis
No Risk in U.S. Drinking Water
Heartland Institute
Massachusetts Enacts, California Rejects, BPA Ban
The Detroit News
Safety of receipts at issue
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Toxics Release Inventory
Full Document Available in PDF Several states and the federal government have in place various “right-to-know”…
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Rural Drinking Water
Full Document Available in PDF Rural communities face heavy burdens under uniform federal drinking water standards…
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Radon
Full Document Available in PDF The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to promulgate a drinking water…
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Chlorine and the Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Full Document Available in PDF For many years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has attempted to develop standards to regulate disinfection…
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Arsenic
Full Document Available in PDF The debate over whether to tighten the drinking water standard for arsenic highlighted…
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Pesticides in Schools
Full Document Available in PDF In recent years, policymakers have been confronted with claims that children…
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Pesticides and Public Health
Full Document Available in PDF In recent years, public health authorities have expressed serious…
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Pesticides and Agriculture
Full Document Available in PDF In 1989, environmental activists claimed that a chemical called Alar…
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Food Quality Protection Act
Full Document Available in PDF In 1996, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) amended the two…
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Pesticide Regulation Overview
Full Document Available in PDF Pesticide residues found on domestic and imported produce pose little, if…
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The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
Full Document Available in PDF The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management…
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REACH – The EU’s Chemical Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Regulations enacted in the European Union (EU) increasingly are having…
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The Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Full Document Available in PDF In 2001, the Bush administration signed the United…
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Endocrine Disrupters
Full Document Available in PDF Having largely…
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The True Causes of Cancer
Full Document Available in PDF Environmental activists have long claimed that man-made chemicals are…
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Chemical Risk Overview
Full Document Available in PDF Worldwide, the average human life span has increased from about…
The Detroit News
Angela Logomasini On The Risk of BPA
CEI Director of Risk and Environmental Policy Angela Logomasini discusses the risks and…
Newsletter
The Story of Cosmetics, Personal Responsibility and Corporate Pride
Environmental alarmist Annie Leonard returns to the world of online video with “The Story of Cosmetics.” A Baltimore woman receives no jail time after starving…
Newsletter
Online Privacy, Food Safety and Unemployment Benefits
The Senate Commerce Committee prepares for a hearing on consumer online privacy. Environmental groups sue to compel the Food and Drug Administration to ban the…
CEI Planet
CEI Planet: May – June 2010
To view this issue of the CEI Planet, please click here to download the PDF file. Below are selected articles from the May-June 2010 issue: Collective…
Newsletter
EPA Politics, Federal Courts and Chemical Safety
The Senate fails to pass Lisa Murkowski’s resolution of disapproval against the EPA. The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Obama’s nomination…
The Detroit News
Action Needed Now to Stop EPA Power Grab
I wrote this morning in the American Spectator about how tight the vote is on Senator Murkowski’s bid to stop the…
Newsletter
Free Trade, Chemical Safety and Internet Gambling
A bipartisan letter urges President Obama to pass our stalled free trade agreement with South Korea. Fenton Communications is warning consumers to stay away from…
The Detroit News
Chris Horner on the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner debates the impact of media coverage of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by an explosion at BP's Deepwater…
News Release
EPA May Force Pesticide Label on New Biotech Fruit
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2010 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today condemned a proposed Environmental Protection Agency action plan that would, for the first…
Newsletter
Wall Street Reform, GM Tomatoes and Chemical Regulation
Obama is gives a speech today in New York on the need to reform Wall Street. The Wall Street Journal reports on the debate over…
Newsletter
Household Chemicals, Fuel Efficiency, and “The Story of Stuff”
The website KeepitOrganic.org, which warns people about the dangers of using plastic products containing bisphenol A (BPA), is actually owned and operated by the Glass…