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New FDA lab tests rule could bankrupt small labs
Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that on May 6 it will promulgate a rule under its authority to regulate medical devices.
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Covid Vaccines: An Update on Balancing Risks and Benefits
A new large, multi-country study has confirmed what previous smaller studies found: Covid-19 vaccines have risks. In particular, the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Pfizer and…
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Better late than never: New York Times finally admits school shutdowns hurt children
The New York Times has made a “startling” discovery. Its editorial board has recognized that “school closures that took 50 million children out of classrooms…
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Issues in the News 1. REGULATORY COSTS President Bush speaks about controlling the costs imposed on business by regulatory expenses. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING The US maintains its opposition to forced emissions cuts at the UN climate…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The SEC changes rules that would have hindered efforts to fight avian flu.
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Attendees to the U.N. climate conference in Montreal are unlikely to set…
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SEC Changes Policy to Combat Potential Bird Flu Epidemic
Washington, D.C., December 6, 2005—In a move that could save thousands of lives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the red tape of…
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Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO A new study finds that very little of the money that states have…
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Global Warming Blues
The 11th annual meeting of global warming enthusiasts in Montreal isn’t turning out to be a very happy event. Even though this is the…
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Why the Top-Down Approach Has Failed
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another World AIDS Day has arrived (Dec. 1) and with it more HIV cases than ever before—over 40 million. The World…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET New Orleans announces the development of a free, city-wide wireless network. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce renewed efforts toward forcing cable companies…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Drug maker Merck & Co. announces layoffs of 7,000 workers amid uncertainty surrounding…
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Misspending, Abuses Marks Tobacco Settlement Anniversary
Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., November 28, 2005—Seven years ago this month, the states signed the biggest settlement deal in history with major tobacco…
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Cardiac arrest at the FDA
The photograph on your Tuesday front page headlined “Hillary health care” shows Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, in Jerusalem holding a CardioPump—a device…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate rejects the latest attempt to levy a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
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U.S. Should Not Import European Laws
As globalization fosters economic growth around the world, Americans should be vigilant of an unintended consequence: the imposition on U.S. businesses and consumers of the…
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Sen. Hillary Clinton Pushes for Faster FDA Approvals?
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., November 18, 2005—On her trip to Israel this week, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) took part in a photo-op…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The European Parliament endorses a new system of regulation for chemicals. …
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee approves a $5 billion windfall profits tax on the nation’s…
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Do-It-Yourself Legislation
The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed…
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The UN’s War Against Innovation
The leadership of the United Nations is truly the gang that can't shoot straight. Even if the recent incidents of corruption and profiteering—exemplified…
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Making Sense of Drug Safety
Have you ever tried to read the official FDA-approved labeling for a drug? It's tough going even for physicians who are trying to…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Tunisia, host of a United Nations summit on the future of the Internet,…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Time Warner and AOL announce a new venture to…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Federalist Society members volunteer praise for Supreme Court nominee…
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Europe’s OverREACH
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House Urged to Reconsider Arctic and Offshore Oil Exploration
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November…
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1. TOBACCO The U.S. declines to ratify the World Health Organization’s anti-tobacco treaty which calls on countries to enact limits on…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The President’s $7.1 billion plan to fight a possible avian flu pandemic…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace is fined for damaging a coral reef with its ship Rainbow Warrior…
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DDT Saves Lives in Fight against Malaria
Full Document Available in PDF The President’s decision in June to…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Online consumers are getting smarter about which websites they trust with their personal…
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Issues in the News 1. SUPREME COURT Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM eBay CEO Meg Whitman predicts that soon consumers will have access to phone…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE The director general of the World Trade Organization calls on the U.S. and the European…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Video game makers sue California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over age restrictions on games deemed…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Researchers study the summer of 2005 for evidence that global warming is melting…
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The Truth about Human Testing
“It’s time for the Bush Administration to realize that children shouldn’t be used as guinea pigs,” says a Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) press release…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Burger King’s operations in Britain decide to opt out of a scheme…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Legislation aimed at reforming the Endangered Species Act could be voted on in the…
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1. ENVIRONMENT The House Resources Committee approves Chairman Richard Pombo’s plan for reform of the Endangered Species Act. CEI Expert…
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West Nile virus fight best done by spraying
One California resident says she packed her bags and is ready to flee at a moment’s notice. Another lamented at a recent public meeting, “Do…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION The twin bankruptcy filings this week of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines raise…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The Wall Street Journal editorializes on why tightening federal fuel economy standards would “trade blood…
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Environmental Groups Opposed Flood Protection
Washington, D.C., September 13, 2005—Amid the slow recovery of the Gulf Coast from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, a great deal of criticism…
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1. HURRICANE KATRINA A congressional task force concludes that the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act blocked the construction of affordable…
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA Public health officials predict a surge in disease-carrying mosquito populations in standing water along…
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Big Tobacco Market Share Is Big Concern for States
In defending its settlement with Big Tobacco, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) argues that “the states are not 'partners with the…
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Katrina’s Aftermath: What Will it Take to Rebuild ‘The Big Easy’?
Washington, D.C., September 7, 2005— As the relief effort continues in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New Orleans, questions about how…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Lost refining capacity in the wake of Hurricane Katrina contributes to higher gas prices and…
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Politics Kills the Thriller
The Constant Gardener, Focus Features' new thriller, plays like the grim, dour counterpart to this year's earlier globetrotting adventure film,…
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Issues in the News 1. NATURAL DISASTER Congress moves to provide $10.5 billion in aid to victims on Hurricane…
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1. ENERGY The aftermath of hurricane Katrina raises oil and gas prices. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Global Warming…
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Biotech Expert to Speak on “The Frankenfood Myth”
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., August 30, 2005—Tomorrow afternoon, Gregory Conko, Director of Food Safety Policy at the Competitive…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Researchers suggest television ads for junk food are responsible for childhood obesity.
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Ignore Rumors; Teflon Proven to Be Safe
The uncanny ability of President Ronald Reagan to deflect public criticism won him the nickname “The Teflon President.” Ironically, now it is Teflon…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE Hurricane Katrina threatens to cost insurers billion of dollars in losses. CEI Expert Available…
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Pesticide Study Makes Life-Threatening Conclusions
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., August 26, 2005—A new article in the recent edition of British scientific journal The…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY Scripps Howard columnist Jay Ambrose cites Sam Kazman’s work on the deadly effects…
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Fuel Efficiency Trade-Offs
Monday's Page One article “Drumbeat grows louder for fuel efficiency” cites John Lichtblau's claim that Congress missed an opportunity in the recently enacted energy…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Tempers run high in California at a public meeting over whether to…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY Forbes reports on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s plan to update its fuel economy…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Real estate company Remax announces the creation of an online database of homes for sale…
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Tobacco Deal-Breaker?
“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State.” —- U.S. Constitution, Article I,…
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Tobacco Deal-Breaker?
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1. HEALTH & SAFETY A Texas court case against the drug maker Merck & Co. over the safety of the painkiller Vioxx…
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Are We in a Brave New World of “Personalized” Medicine?
BiDil, a new drug labeled for treatment of blacks with severe heart failure, has begun to arrive in pharmacies. Approved by FDA in…
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More Crop for the Drop
The worst East Central U.S. drought in almost 20 years is decimating harvests of corn and soybeans, threatening farmers’ economic survival and disrupting commercial shipping…
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Issues in the News 1. AGRICULTURE A severe drought hits corn growers in the Midwest. CEI Experts Available to Comment:…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY CNN contrasts the current high gas prices in the U.S. with other nations…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Democrats and Republicans alike eye the nomination of Judge John Roberts…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY More people are debunking the myth that fast food is responsible for obesity…
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Nationalizing Science
It seems as if you can’t turn anywhere without hearing that industry is destroying science these days. Former editors of the New England Journal of…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE Rep. Michael Oxley, co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accounting law, expresses concerns about its impact.
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The EPA proposes new regulations governing storage of radioactive waste at the proposed…
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To the Ashtray of History
Was this what was promised? Billions of dollars later and more than six years after the tobacco settlement was signed, American taxpayers and consumers deserve…
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Noisy Spring: Avoiding the West Nile virus
The six-year-old U.S. outbreak of West Nile virus is a significant threat to public health and shows no signs of abating. Last year, there were…
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Pesticides Not a Threat to Students
The anti-pesticide crowd tried to scare parents last week with a new report alleging that pesticide use in schools is dangerous for students.
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Small Tobacco Brands Hit by Payments
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new study raises concerns about the health effects on children of pesticides…
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1. BUDGET The highway bill currently before Congress is igniting the wrath of fiscal conservatives for being loaded with spending for questionable…
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New Lawsuit Allege MSA Violates Compact Clause
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1. CONSTITUTIONAL & LEGAL CEI launches a lawsuit challenging the government-sponsored tobacco cartel created by the 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. CEI…
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REACH and Risk
One of the key reasons the European Union’s proposed constitution was rejected by French and Dutch voters is that they dislike having their lives…
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Government-Tobacco Cartel Challenged In Court
Washington, D.C., August 2, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Tuesday filed a constitutional challenge to the 1998 tobacco settlement. The suit alleges…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL President Bush gives John Bolton a recess appointment to serve as U.S. ambassador to the…
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PETA’s Cruelty to Humans and Animals
THE FBI recently declared environmental and animal rights extremism its top domestic terrorism priority. The bureau is currently investigating over 150 cases of…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Congress prepares to consider a sweeping reform of telecommunications law. CEI Expert Available to…
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Report on Pesticides in Schools and West Nile Reemergence Spark Debate
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 28, 2005—Recent reports about pesticides in schools as well as the reemergence of the…
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CDC Report: Chemicals in Human Body Not a Problem
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new report by the Centers for Disease Control finds dramatically lower levels…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Critics of industry-funded science point to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by NIH researchers. Many of…
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Issues in the News 1. PRIVACY A group of Senators introduces legislation that would regulate consumer data privacy. CEI Expert…
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First Step in Fuel Economy Reform Should Be Assessing CAFE’s Lethal Effect
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposes new fuel economy rules based on car…
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Why Stop with Non-Judges?
Senate Democrats have urged President Bush to appoint to the Supreme Court candidates from outside the judiciary. Their idea is to add diversity of…
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No Fizz in Soda Scare
The food police filed a petition this week with the federal government to require that regular (non-diet) soft drinks carry health warning labels. But…
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Short-Term Memory
An unwitting yet hideous example of the politically correct, “can't-we-move-on” short memories of the elites exposed in Tony Blankley's spot-on analysis “Short memories,…
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‘Big Lie’ Enough to Make Drug Industry Ill
Activism can be a good thing. We all benefit from getting to shop in the marketplace of ideas. However, all is not good-faith activism. Take,…