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"White House and the F.D.A. Often at Odds" [1]

The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to make its regulatory decisions on the basis of science and for the health and well-being of the public. But the White House often intervenes, trying to influence FDA decisions to achieve political goals. Often the White House pressure comes in response to fear of demagogic attacks from the GOP. So it was with movie popcorn.

Gardiner Harris reports for the New York Times April 2, 2012. [2]

Source: NY Times [2], 04/03/2012

"Dolphin Death Information Listed on NOAA Website" [5]

"GULFPORT — NOAA Fisheries has responded to the cry for information in this year’s string of dolphin deaths in the northern Gulf that includes 59 stillborn or infant calves."

"A page on its website now details the plight of dolphins and whales in the Gulf since February 2010 with graphs and charts comparing the deaths to previous years. The numbers update weekly.

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald [6], 04/03/2012

"I Heart Asbestos" [7]

"Why does the town of Asbestos, Quebec want to reopen a mine that’s been giving its residents cancer for a hundred years?"

Source: McGill Daily [8], 04/03/2012

"First Global Effort to Fight Environmental Crime Takes Shape" [9]

"LYON, France -- For the first time, heads of environmental, biodiversity and natural resources agencies from across the world have met with heads of law enforcement agencies to craft a global compliance and enforcement strategy for environmental security."

Source: ENS [10], 04/03/2012

"America's Top 10 Most Polluted Waterways" [11]

"If you are a fly-fisher, a rafter, or heck, just a person who drinks water, here is some troubling news: Our waterways are in rough shape. An eye-opening new report from Environment America Research and Policy Center finds that industry dishcarged 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America's rivers and streams in 2010."

Source: Mother Jones [12], 04/02/2012

"GM Pulls Support for Heartland Institute" [17]

"Citing its corporate stance that climate change is real, General Motors announced Wednesday that its General Motors Foundation would no longer be funding the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that has attacked human-caused global warming as 'junk science.'"

Source: LA Times [18], 04/02/2012

"EPA Backpedals on Fracking Contamination" [19]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its claim that an energy company contaminated drinking water in Texas, the third time in recent months that the agency has backtracked on high-profile local allegations linking natural-gas drilling and water pollution."

Source: Wall St. Journal [20], 04/02/2012

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