Monthly Archives: July 2003

Breast Cancer Study Finds No Link with EMF Exposure

A study of Long Island women recently found that there was no association between breast cancer and exposure to electromagnetic fields. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, examined 576 women with breast cancer and 585 women without … Continue reading

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Ronald Bailey on Depleted Uranium

Ronald Bailey wrote an interesting survey back in March of research on depleted uranium. As Bailey notes, studies from a wide variety of sources fail to find any negative health consequences from depleted uranium despite the anti-DU rhetoric from environmentalists … Continue reading

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Are the Odds of an Apocalypse 50/50?

Proving that it’s not just nutcase religious types who are wont to give firm predictions about the end of the world, British astronomer Martin Rees received a lot of credulous news coverage for his claim that human species only has … Continue reading

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Man’s Conviction Overturned After FBI Agent’s False Testimony Revealed

In 1992 Anthony Bragdon was convicted of assault with intent to rape and sentenced to 30 years in jail. Bragdon’s conviction was recently reversed by a Washington D.C. Superior Court that found an FBI expert on fiber and hair evidence … Continue reading

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EPA Ban on Human Pesticide Data Overturned

In 2001 the Environmental Protection Agency issued a moratorium on using data from human tests to formulate acceptable levels of exposure to pesticides. EPA chief Christie Whitman defended the moratorium at that time saying that the human exposure data could … Continue reading

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Cancer Researcher Resigns Amid Fraud Allegations

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher Steven Leadon resigned from his position in June amid allegations that he “fabricated and falsified findings.” Leadon was a professor of radiation oncology and headed up Chapel Hill’s molecular radiobiology program. In … Continue reading

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