Jeff Stier

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Jeff Stier
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The Curious Case of the FDA’s Dog Food Fearmongering
By Jeff Stier
“Your dog’s food may be linked to canine heart disease,” was a recent headline that could make any dog owner’s ...
October 10, 2019
Drilling Down on Rent Seeking Dentists
By Jeff Stier
I was huddled in a Connecticut legislative hearing room on a chilly spring morning three years ago, awaiting my chance ...
August 13, 2016
EPA's Action Doesn't Match Its Rhetoric
By Jeff Stier
The Obama Administration would like to have us believe that his agencies have struck a reasonable approach to using its ...
August 28, 2012
Sane Sin Tax Policy Must Reflect Risks
By Jeff Stier
Indiana broke new ground earlier this month when the state changed the way it taxes smokeless tobacco, or snus, to ...
June 01, 2011
Sane Sin Tax Policy Must Reflect Risks
By Jeff Stier
Indiana broke new ground earlier this month when the state changed the way it taxes smokeless tobacco, or snus, to ...
June 01, 2011
Don't Ban Useful Medicines
April 18, 2011 |
Celebrities Should Stick To Their Song And Dance
By Jeff Stier
At a food exhibit last month I met a man hawking specialty teas. He handed me a cup of mango ...
February 28, 2011
NY Times Reporter Honored For Activism Disguised as Journalism
By Jeff Stier
When journalists give an award to one of their own, you’d think they’d honor reporting that rises above that of ...
June 21, 2010
In Scientific Research, It's Full Disclosure for Thee, Not For Me
By Jeff Stier
"Commercialized" science distorts science, writes the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) on the webpage of its "Integrity ...
May 19, 2010
The Government and the Food Safety Modernization Act
By Jeff Stier
We have the safest food supply in the world today - it has actually never been safer. But there is ...
May 03, 2010
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