Susan Goldhaber
Viewpoint: Why the EPA mismeasures cancer risk of chemicals and what should be done to fix it
Every administration says it prioritizes getting the science right, and our current Administration has emphasized using “gold-standard science” as the ...
Viewpoint — RFK, Jr. vs. fluoride: The next big health brawl—science be damned
The EPA recently took its first step toward determining safe levels of fluoride in drinking water, publishing a "Preliminary Assessment ...
Viewpoint: RFK.Jr’s embrace of fear-mongering about food dyes mimics Europe’s precautionary regulations
Red 40, Yellow 5, and Blue 1 may soon be history. Not because science says they're dangerous, but because the ...
Viewpoint: PFAS disinformation—How extremist environmentalists have demonized an entire class of safe-as-used properly chemicals
PFAS in cosmetics is the latest frontier for advocacy groups who have pressured regulatory agencies to ignore the scientific evidence ...
Viewpoint: Consumers Report bungles science, promotes another food scare—No, Lunchables will not give your kids cancer
“Should you pack Lunchables for Your Kid’s School Lunch?” asks a piece in the April 9th edition of Consumer Reports ...
Viewpoint: A ‘rolling wave of local media stories’ claim PFAS chemicals are toxic and contaminate drinking water. What are the facts?
Articles in a local newspaper in New Jersey and North Carolina demonstrate a national “pandemic” – stories describing widespread PFAS contamination in drinking ...
Fabricated and plagiarized data plague scientific research — and the impacts are far-reaching and long-lasting
Far too many scientific papers are being retracted from prestigious scientific journals because scientists fabricated or falsified data. Although no ...
Viewpoint: Why proposals to ban all 12,000 PFAS chemicals contradict science
I have previously authored many articles about per- and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” and the misinformation ...
Headlines claim that almost half of all drinking water contains high-levels of ‘dangerous’ PFAS ‘forever chemicals’. What does the science say?
The headline “New Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water from 45% of Faucets Across US” led many news ...
Viewpoint: UK’s The Guardian fearmongers over PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
The Guardian's August 17 headline, “Drinking Water of Millions of Americans Contaminated with Forever Chemicals”, was based on newly released ...
Viewpoint: Without glyphosate, critical wetlands and wildlife could be strangled by invasive plants
Almost two years ago, I wrote an article hoping “we are finally at a place when a few influential scientists with ...
Yet another study from the Ramazzini Institute claims artificial sweeteners may cause cancer. Here’s why scientists and regulators ignore it
There’s an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, and everyone is trying to lose weight. Many individuals use artificial sweeteners to ...
Viewpoint: UN sub-agency IARC bungled cancer designation of glyphosate and undermined science of assessing carcinogens
Testing for chemical carcinogenicity using animals is timely, costly, and for some, morally wrong. Non-traditional data consists primarily of quick, ...
Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science
"Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds.” "People with the highest levels of phthalates had a ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems
Everybody wants to know that when they turn on their tap, their drinking water is safe. According to the EPA, ...
Viewpoint: It’s time for a reassessment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)’s role in sabotaging glyphosate, one of the world’s most popular — and safest — herbicides
As we’re in the midst of a reevaluation of whether the Virology Laboratory in Wuhan, China was the true source ...
‘Flawed process leads to flawed science’: Why the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer claims glyphosate causes cancer
The recent excellent article by Josh Bloom, “NYC Pol Uses Phony Cancer Scare & ‘Children’ to Ban Glyphosate in Parks,” ...