When it comes to stories on so-called toxic substances, the public discourse seems infected by "chemophobia."

Given the measured way in which the EPA has reversed many anti-science biases of the Bush administration, it's disturbing to read the broadside against chemicals in "Legally Poisoned," by UC Riverside professor Carl Cranor.

Knowing where all our ingredients come from is the first step toward improving drug quality.

The term "political science" used to mean public policy studied not just as opinion but based on empirical, documentable evidence. Today it's come to mean something darker--the subversion of science in the hands of ideologues committed to manipulating public policy to their end. This new, and disheartening use of the...

Visiting fellow Jon Entine looks at the FDA's decision to uphold the Bush administration's policy on the chemical BPA and not order a ban.

Over the past several decades, a new trade paradigm has arisen, one that deemphasizes domestic, vertically integrated firms competing in end products with similarly integrated firms from other nations.  Instead, from automobiles to electronics, chemicals, and clothing, the production process has dispersed.  

Many Africans lack access to essential medicines for myriad reasons, including the relatively high price of drugs: local production is unlikely to alleviate this problem.

If there is one conclusion that should be drawn from the boom in U.S. natural gas production, it is that supplies are so abundant that it makes economic sense to export some of our gas to countries overseas. No one could have imagined that possibility even a few years ago...