Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today, I released a new report on the need for scientific journals to enforce strict and effective conflict disclosure policies for authors, peer reviewers, and even journal editors. The report, titled, Effective and Practical Disclosure Policies: NRDC Paper on Workshop to...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
On the very same day, Sunday 20th, two of my favorite blogs posted on events and though neither referenced each other, the overlap of interests is worth noting. In the first blog crack investigative reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today the Economist reported on new proposed legislation in the European Union that will shift the regulation of pesticides from an assumption of "innocent until proven guilty" to a precautionary requirement that manufacturers provide data that their products can be...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes cause asbestos-like damage in test mice. That is what a new study is just out today in Nature Nanotechology is reporting, titled: Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
I was very pleased to be able to participate in the European Commission’s invitation-only 1st Annual Nanotechnologies Safety for Success Dialogue in Brussels on October 25-26, 2007. The focus was nano-enabled food, consumer products, and medical applications. Our host was...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Environmental Justice
Small communities, unique cultures, and isolated single-industry towns may be uniquely vulnerable to the health risks posed by polluting industries. Under these conditions, destruction of the local environment – ecocide – may lead to severe damage to the community...continued→
