"A scientific agenda for climate policy?'' by Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, Nature 372 pp 400-402, 1 December 1994. The author states that "For others, including the chairman of the IPCC, global warming has become the justification for a crusade against materialism.....'' and "The creation of knowledge at increasing rates by a few individuals engaged in a political game, one of whose primary goals is to obtain funding for their own work, must influence the way that environmental problems are defined and prioritized.'' The appearance of this article (with which we do not agree in its entirety) in Nature is a further indication that pseudoenviro scientists are losing their grip on credibility in the scientific community.
"Shock Journalism. The junk reporting behind the power line-cancer connection.'' by Michael Fumento in Reason, p 23, January (1995). The control of fire (which produces carbon dioxide) and electricity (which produces electromagnetic fields) have generally been considered positive human achievements. The antitechnologists are now conducting unrestrained attacks on both with bogus arguments. In this article, Michael Fumento answers on behalf of electricity.
"Hypoglycemia and Diabetes'' by William Campbell Douglass in Second Opinion4, 11, pp 1-5, November (1994). The general message is to avoid a high sugar diet (unless you happen to be a mouse with squamous cell carcinoma. The mice with diets having 20% sucrose had about 20% slower cancer growth in the experiments discussed on page two of this issue of Access to Energy).
"Adequate Supplies of Fruits and Vegetables'' by P. H. Abelson, Science266 p 1303 (1994) warns that the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is participating in a Consent Decree that would ban many important fungicides. Close to becoming administrative law, this decree would ultimately sharply decrease the production of fruits and vegetables and thereby raise the incidence of degenerative diseases that are moderated by good supplies of these foods. Why not just add EPA to the list of banned evils and really improve the environment?
"Behind the atomic curtain'' by Hans A. Bethe, Nature372 , No.6503, pp 281-283 (1994) in review of the book Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 by David Holloway.
"Climate claims wither under luminous lights of science'' by S. Fred Singer in the Washington Times of November 29, 1994. Global warming is dying as an issue with each passing year of actual temperature measurements. Direct measurement of actual UV light levels may kill the ozone scare, too. We should always measure the final result when considering hypothetical claims and intermediates.
