"Rachel's Folly, The End of Chlorine'' by M. Malkin and M. Fumento; "Nature's Hormone Factory, Endocrine Disrupters in the Natural Environment'' by J. Tolman; and "Science Under Siege'' and the video based on this book by M. Fumento. These are available from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1250, Washington, D.C. 20036, telephone (202) 331-1010.
Also, read the Competitive Enterprise Institute's background articles about the tax-financed Environmental Protection Agency purchase of the town of Times Beach, MO, in 1983. For this EPA nonsense, CEI has awarded the EPA its first annual "Panic at the Drop of a Rat Award.'' For so many reasons, EPA is a deserving recipient.
"Human Version of Mad Cow Disease'' by S. Sternberg in Science News149, p 228 (1996). The British are going to destroy 11 million cattle because of a disease that is being successfully eradicated by measures taken in 1989. This is being done as a result of an unproved hypothesis that 10 people caught a similar disease from cattle. Indirect human deaths from this loss of over $5 billion will be far greater.
"Sugar and Health'' by T. H. Jukes in World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics48, pp 137-194 (1986), which Professor Jukes sent to me with the comment "What else was in those cookies that made you irritable?'' This is an extensive review of the literature that supports the use of large amounts of sugar as a food. Alas, I also did the experiment with pure sucrose (which did give slightly different symptoms).
If, however, I am ever unfortunate enough to be afflicted with cancer, I shall eagerly embrace the mouse results and eat lots of sugar.
"Stormy Weather Ahead'' in The Economist of 23 March 1996, which summarizes many of the arguments concerning "global warming'' propaganda, including some of those that discredit it. Clearly some progress is being made against this mania.
"Leaking Underground Storage Tank Problem May Be Overblown'' in The Torch5, No. 2, pp 1 and 7, (1996) available from 5535 E. Rosewood Street, Tucson, AZ 85711 reports research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory showing that cleanups of ground contamination from leaking underground fuel storage tanks are unnecessary unless the tank is within 250 feet of a drinking water well. Otherwise, naturally occurring microorganisms in soil provide a sufficient cleanup. California alone is expected to save $3 billion by terminating most of the ongoing enviro assault on fuel storage.
