EWG chromium scare debunked
“A report released Tuesday on the city of Norman’s website shows that Cleveland County’s rate of stomach cancer is lower than the state average and that of other key areas in Oklahoma… The findings,...
View ArticleChromium-6 scare hits Oregon
Some Oregonians are apparently fretting over chromium-6 (Cr-6) in drinking water. Here’s why they (and you) shouldn’t. The current round of Cr-6 scaremongering began last December with headlines like...
View ArticleEPA to re-evaluate standards for chromium-6 in drinking water
A Norman, OK utility debunks the Environmental Working Group. The Oklahoma Daily reports: The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a schedule to re-evaluate standards for chromium-6 levels...
View ArticleEPA puts off chromium-6 water rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s determination of how much chromium-6 in drinking water is unsafe won’t be coming any time soon. The agency on Feb. 28 quietly revised its assessment of...
View ArticlePolitico: Erin Brockovich storms Hill’s ‘ivory tower’
Are they serious? “Erin Brockovich knows a thing or two about water.” Sheesh! The consumer advocate became a household name after Julia Roberts portrayed her in the 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich,” about...
View ArticleForbes: “Oasis” Film Is An Intellectual Desert
Coming soon to your local movie theater is a documentary film, “Last Call at the Oasis,” about the need for better management of what is arguably the world’s most critical resource: water. We do face...
View ArticleErin Brockovich Debunked in Discover magazine
You could have read about the “Texas sharpshooter effect” in “Science Without Sense” — 17 years ago. “This week in a piece for Slate about cancer clusters, like the one made famous by the movie Erin...
View ArticleErin Brockovich Debunked, Part 2
“In the real world there is no evidence that chromium 6 in drinking water has killed anyone in this country.” Read part 2 of Discover mag’s takedown of Brockovich. Click for Part 1.
View ArticleNortheast US heat natural variation, analysis by Sierra Rayne
Here comes Sierra Rayne, totin’another file of data that disapproves the panic mongers. Sierra just keep providing analysis that shows historical evidence that weather changes–it’s called nature. My...
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