Ineffective Enforcement

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Administration Ignores Scientific Evidence and Pushes Forward with Mountaintop Removal 11/15/2005
A long-anticipated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the mountaintop mining waste disposal process ignores scientific evidence in order to validate the waste disposal method preferred by industry and the administration. Read More

Congress Grapples With Industry Influence at FDA 06/13/2005
Efforts to free the Food and Drug Administration from the pharmaceutical industry's excessive influence seesawed between success and failure in the same week, as the House voted to ban drug company scientists from FDA advisory committees while an agency whistleblower revealed that a new drug safety board has been tilted in favor of the drug companies. Read More

Budget Slashes Enforcement at FDA, EPA 02/22/2005
The White House�s fiscal year 2006 budget submission will mean big cuts in food and drug safety inspection as well as state enforcement of environmental protections. Read More

FDA Announces Drug Safety Oversight Board 02/22/2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to initiate an independent oversight board to handle drug safety issues, but some lawmakers and consumer groups say the new panel lacks teeth. Read More

Superfund Lacks Funds to Cleanup Toxic Waste Sites 12/13/2004
Facing an increasing backlog of sites with the same meager budget, the Superfund program administrator thinks he’s found a new way to tackle the country’s most severe hazardous waste problems: Stop addressing them. Read More

Critics Diagnose Systemic Maladies of FDA 11/30/2004
A Senate Finance Committee hearing on Vioxx and a series of studies by a leading medical journal reveal systematic breakdowns in FDA's evaluation of drug safety, prompting advocates to call for an independent agency to review drug safety. Read More

Recent Studies Show Lack of Enforcement of Environmental Laws 10/18/2004
Enforcement of federal environmental law has declined significantly during the Bush years, according to several recent studies, even as the 30-year trend of environmental improvement has begun to reverse course. Read More

House Committee Blasts FDA for Delay on Antidepressant Warnings 10/04/2004
Food and Drug Administration officials were forced before a House committee to defend their choice not to respond with precautionary measures despite mounting evidence from as early as 1996 that antidepressants could be causing increases in suicidality (both suicidal ideation and suicide attempts) in children. Read More

Regulatory News Briefs 08/23/2004

GAO Report Finds OSHA Underuses Audit System
Bush Policies Leave Wetlands Open for Development
Superfund Super Broke?

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Kennedy Calls for OSHA Accountability in Letter to Chao 08/23/2004
Senator Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao on August 18 expressing his concern over the lack of "development and enforcement of health and safety regulation." Read More

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