Tag: science
The study of RTS in Springfield, MO is critically flawed: post publication peer review of Pavlowsky (2013)
The comment below will be posted on the post-publication peer review (PPPR) web site, PubPeer.com. At present, the PubPeer link...
Post-Publication Peer Reviews now on PubPeer.com
In the past few years, the science community as a whole has been trying to address the problem...
Post Publication Review: Did Austin’s RTS Ban Result in a Decline in PAH Concentrations in Lady Bird Lake Sediments?
In 2014, Van Metre & Mahler published a paper in the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) claiming...
PCTC Documents Flawed Methodology of USGS Austin Study, Asks Journal for Retraction
After years of waiting for the USGS to "do the right thing" by addressing its flawed science, which...
White Hat Bias in the Environmental Sciences (SETAC 2015)
At the 2015 annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in Salt Lake City,...
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Suppressed Report by its Environmental Science Contractor
As supporting information for a presentation at SETAC 2015 on White Hat Bias, this post includes a link...
The email I didn’t send to the USGS
On October 10, 2015 blogger and occasional USGS collaborator, Tom Ennis, revealed that USGS scientist, Dr. Barbara Mahler,...
EU court overturns coal tar chemical’s aquatic toxicity classification
The subscription news service Chemical Watch reports that the European General Court has overturned the classification of coal tar...
Post Publication Peer Reviews of USGS Volatilization Studies
The USGS has been seeking to conduct "policy relevant science" (for example, here), and must have thought they'd hit the...
NIOSH Issues Fact Sheet to Answer Questions about its Study of Sealant Applicators
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has prepared a "Fact Sheet" to help answer questions about...