Comments on: Fishy Government http://scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hank Roberts http://scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Hank Roberts Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:45:29 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/#comment-1178 Also quite good, with specific exposure levels: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2004.12.010 Also quite good, with specific exposure levels:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2004.12.010

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Hank Roberts Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:18:33 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/#comment-1177 > a recent study August 26, 1998 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/280/8/737 When someone gives you an old science story and says it proves something, find the actual research; check the footnotes; check for papers citing that paper. See what became of the idea as other scientists working in the field published. Look at the regulatory file to save yourself time redoing the research. And there's this http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2007.11.006 > a recent study

August 26, 1998

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/280/8/737

When someone gives you an old science story and says it proves something, find the actual research; check the footnotes; check for papers citing that paper. See what became of the idea as other scientists working in the field published.

Look at the regulatory file to save yourself time redoing the research.

And there’s this

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2007.11.006

]]> By: Henry Halpern http://scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Henry Halpern Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:33:56 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/02/fishy-government/#comment-1176 While I agree that the clean air act should be rigorously enforced, there is virtually no evidence that the threat from mercury contamination has reached the stage where anyone should avoid eating fish as often as desired. I reference a recent study (see http://www.rochester.edu/pr/releases/med/mercury.htm) While I agree that the clean air act should be rigorously enforced, there is virtually no evidence that the threat from mercury contamination has reached the stage where anyone should avoid eating fish as often as desired. I reference a recent study (see http://www.rochester.edu/pr/releases/med/mercury.htm)

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