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RE: Milloy's national exposure
Milloy works for Fox News and is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal's op-ed pages because his writing conforms nicely to the political agenda of those organization. Milloy, an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, is a lawyer with a Master's degree from Johns Hopkins in Biostatistics. He writes knowledgably, although not always accurately, about epidemiology, but frequently writes about science policy issues well outside his apparent areas of scientific expertise.
Best regards.
Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stabin, Michael [mailto:michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:03 AM
To: Radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Eco-extremism
This article is only about PCBs in salmon, not radiation, but the parallels are obvious. Many of us know Steve Milloy's Junk Science web site and publications (http://www.junkscience.com/), I thought it was interesting that this kind of analysis got national exposure on Fox News.
Eco-Extremism, Not Science, Behind Fishy Salmon Scare, by Steven Milloy
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108570,00.html
Excerpts:
It was gullible media alarmism run amok as even the "scientists" whose much-reported study appeared in the Jan. 9 issue of "Science" plainly acknowledged there was no factual basis for concern.
We can expect that the media will ignore such facts in favor of hype ? fear-mongering, not level-headedness, attracts readers and viewers.
David Carpenter...is a well-known health-scare hyperventilator who likes to masquerade as an impartial "expert" from the University of Albany's Institute for Health and the Environment.
At least the Pew Charitable Trusts are appropriately named. Like their bogus salmon scare, they stink.
Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
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Nashville, TN 37232-2675
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