Steven Milloy
Rock Stars’ Activism Could Be Put to Better Use
Bob Geldof’s Live 8 concerts scheduled for July 2 will spotlight the problem of global poverty ahead of the July 6-8 G8 summit in Scotland.
But like Geldof’s 1985 Live Aid concert, Live...
Global Warming Heats Up in Senate
Global warming is a hot issue in Congress right now, but not just because of pressure from the usual suspects in the radical eco-activist movement. Instead, a few businesses are leading the charge...
Enviros, Homeland Security Threaten Drinking Water Safety
Chlorinated drinking water is generally regarded as one of the most important advances in public health. Yet the lifesaving practice of chlorination has never been in such jeopardy as it is now—thanks to...
Greens Are the Real Energy Problem
It goes without saying that the global economy depends on the availability of affordable energy. Many place their hopes for abundant energy supplies in yet-to-be-imagined technologies.
But while researchers tinker with far-off possibilities, there’s...
PETA or Medical Research?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched a campaign last week against a drug testing company for alleged violations of animal welfare laws.
It’s a smokescreen for animal rights extremists’ real agenda...
World’s First Global Thermometer
As the Northern Hemisphere enters the summer season and natural global warming occurs, it’s a good time to consider the concept of global temperature — perhaps the most talked about, but least understood,...
PETA Gets to Your Kids
Radical animal-rights activists may be the last people you’d think would be planning school lessons for your children. Well, think again.
Through its innocuous-sounding “educational” programming arm known as TeachKind, People for the...
Obesity Hysteria Survives Despite Official Debunking
Obesity hysteria recently collapsed under its own weight. But the public health establishment, media and politicians are doing their best to revive it.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a...
Time to End the Breast Implant Circus
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration convened an expert advisory panel to review and make recommendations on two silicone breast implants manufacturers’ applications to market two different silicone breast implantss....
California’s Bogus Baby Bottle Scare
The California State Assembly is about to consider legislation intended to frighten parents about the safety of baby bottles, teethers, pacifiers and other plastic toys.
Assemblywoman Wilma Chan, D-Oakland, has introduced a bill (AB319)...
Vaccine Disease Protections Outweigh Side Effects
It’s quite unusual for me to write follow-up columns, but I had such an overwhelming response to my recent column (“Vaccination-Autism Link Unproven”, Friday, April 01, 2005) regarding the disputed link between childhood vaccines...
Vaccine Disease Protections Outweigh Side Effects
It’s quite unusual for me to write follow-up columns, but I had such an overwhelming response to my recent column regarding the disputed link between childhood vaccines and autism that I felt this was...
Global Warming Tax
Duke Energy, a leading U.S. electricity and gas utility, announced this week its support for a global warming tax — essentially a consumption tax on consumers of gasoline, oil, natural gas and coal. The...
Vaccination-Autism Link Unproven
Radio shock jock Don Imus is on a rampage about the vaccine preservative thimerosal allegedly causing autism.
A closer look at the facts, however, reveals that while thimerosal is safe, Imus unfortunately appears to...