Publication Items

White House OMB Secretly Weakened Food Safety Rule [1]

It may come as little surprise that an unknown number of Americans could die as a result of White House weakening of food safety rules mandated by Congress. The Office of Management and Budget has been secretly weakening environmental health and safety at industry request for years. The surprise is that we found out.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Health [5]
Government [6]
Food [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about White House OMB Secretly Weakened Food Safety Rule [1]
Exxon "Unified Command" Locks Down Ark. Spill Site; Threatens Reporter [10]

The March 29, 2013, spill from ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas is a big deal for several reasons. But the most important thing about the Mayflower spill may be that ExxonMobil and the federal agencies involved seem to be trying to keep news media from getting close enough to see what is going on. Read SEJ's letter protesting the media treatment, and EPA's response.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [6]
Health [5]
People & Population [3]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Exxon "Unified Command" Locks Down Ark. Spill Site; Threatens Reporter [10]
Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm? [15]

Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [5]
People & Population [3]
Planning & Growth [19]
Pollution [20]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm? [15]
Children's Health Report Released after Reporter Exposes OMB Blockade [22]

Sunlight cures many ills. A month after watchdog Sheila Kaplan exposed a White House blackout of an EPA report on children's environmental health, the Obama administration uncorked it. Of course, the timing may have had something to do with the election as well; EPA announced its publication January 25, just a few days after the inauguration.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Government [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Health [13]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Children's Health Report Released after Reporter Exposes OMB Blockade [22]
EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies [23]

EPA had on December 3, 2012, published a final rule requiring reporting of unpublished cadmium-related health and safety studies by manufacturers and importers. This rule prompted industry objections, resulting in EPA's withdrawal of the rule less than 2 weeks later.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Government [6]
Economy & Business [24]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies [23]
At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health [25]

If you want to know the latest on what chemicals might give your kids learning disabilities, asthma, and other health problems, the White House Office of Management and Budget intends to keep you in the dark. It has buried since March 2011 the 3rd edition of EPA's report "America's Children and the Environment."

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Government [6]
Economy & Business [24]
Chemicals [17]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health [25]
"The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [28]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [29]
People & Population [3]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about "The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [26]
"Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [30]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [29]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [20]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about "Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [30]
The Carson Effect [31]

William Souder explains how Rachel Carson's seminal 1962 work Silent Spring shaped (and still shapes) modern environmentalism (from his new book, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson).

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [5]
Science [34]
Wildlife [35]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about The Carson Effect [31]
Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program [36]

Referenced from "DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program," [37] SEJ WatchDog TipSheet, November 28, 2012.
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Government [6]
Disasters [11]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program [36]

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