Policy & Ethics

Since COVID-19 made landfall over three years ago, at least 65 laws have been enacted restricting the powers of the State to mandate public health measures. By comparison, only 17 laws augmented state powers.

Join host Cameron English as he sits down Dr. Henry Miller to break down these stories on episode 34 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

Moral Hazard

EPA’s Health Advisories

Senator Susan Collins (R‑ME) wrote an op‐​ed for Seacoastonline this week express

Countless articles at the American Council on Science and Health have reported on the studies underlying the regulatory science of glyphosate.  It would be fair to say that our analysis suggested little risk.

For those unfamiliar with the Texas Two-Step, you can find my earlier discussion of J&J here.

Authors: Kevin M. Ban and Robert Popovian (an ACSH advisor)

Dying with Dignity

“Bioethicists and IRBs typically ethically recoil from offering an incentivizing compensation for research participation, potentially unduly influencing vulnerable individuals/communities.”