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Thumbs up for our new EPA on toxic chemicals and pesticides

October 28, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
atrazine, carbaryl, carbofuran, EPA, hazard, inerts, IRIS, pesticide, regulation, scientificintegrity, toxic, toxicchemicals, TRI

 Under the leadership of the Obama Administration, and with Administrator Lisa Jackson at the helm of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) all sorts of good things have been happening to increase public transparency, scientific integrity, and health protections. Many of...continued

NRDC releases report recommending science journals protect themselves from misuse

June 1, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
asbestos, BPA, cancer, chemicals, conflict, disclosure, industry, pesticide, science, scientificintegrity, toxic, toxicchemicals

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

NRDC sends its wish list on scientific integrity to the President

May 14, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, FACA, integrity, peerreview, science, scientificintegrity, toxic, toxicchemicals

When President Obama issued a call for public comments on how to fix the dismal state of scientific distortion, manipulation, and suppression that had marked the Bush Administration, NRDC answered the call. So did many other public interest groups and...continued

Jennifer Sass
Jennifer Sass
Senior Scientist
Washington, D.C.
I grew up in the Canadian prairies where I learned to love open spaces, wild...
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