Something to Chew Over (from the Wall Street Journal)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Wednesday, September 27, 2006
By Jeff Stier. Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society (ACS) may be correct in predicting that widespread use of smokeless tobacco as a means of helping people quit smoking might have the unintended effect of increasing overall tobacco use. Yet he is unimpressed by the fact that use of smokeless tobacco is significantly less harmful than use of cigarettes in every category, including oral cancer  Read Full >>

Bitter pill for FDA: law on herbal supplements
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Sunday, July 4, 2004
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the author of a 1994 bill that protects dietary supplement makers while putting consumers at unnecessary risk, said recently that he is willing to consider making herbal supplement manufacturers report adverse side effects of their wares.  Read Full >>

New Lead Law Poisons Housing (from New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Tuesday, June 8, 2004
A broad range of groups, from landlords to the non-profit Community Preservation Corp., went to court last week to stop the city's new lead-paint law.  Read Full >>

Health groups' donor ties questioned
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Friday, July 11, 2003
In light of the distortions promoted by the anti-consumer-choice, left-wing funded, advocacy group, Center For The Science in the Public Interest, below are some facts about the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH).  Read Full >>

EPA Should Follow FDA's Bold Initiative
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Monday, May 19, 2003
I applaud FDA Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan's efforts to help sick patients gain desperately needed access to new cancer-fighting drugs ("FDA Gives Quick Approval to Cancer Drugs," Personal Journal, May 14).  Read Full >>

Irrational Avoidance
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Big Tobacco Never Told the Truth
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Thursday, July 27, 2000
Walter Olson's July 18 editorial-page commentary "The Runaway Jury Is No Myth" describes many lines of attack that tobacco lawyers will pursue as they appeal the landmark Engle tobacco verdict. Mr. Olson's uncompromising support of each of the tobacco industry's positions, one more erroneous than the next, leads one to question whether any verdict that would hold the companies responsible for their misconduct would sit well with him.   Read Full >>

Conflict of Interest at Scientific Journals
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Saturday, February 26, 2000
The New England Journal of Medicine's apology for violating its own strict conflict-of-interest rules for reviews and editorials (news article, Feb. 24) prompts me to challenge the conventional wisdom of "the stricter the better."   Read Full >>

Lead Headline Inconsistent with Data
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Monday, February 14, 2000
THE COVER-PAGE HEADLINE, "LEAD Poisoning: More Kids Are at Risk" is inconsistent with the data on childhood exposure to lead.  Read Full >>

Perspective on Fiber
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Publish Date : Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Jane Brody was correct to advise us to continue to consume fiber, despite a recent Harvard study that found fiber not to be protective against colon cancer ("Keep the Fiber Bandwagon Rolling, for Heart and Health," July 20).  Read Full >>