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Diacetyl/Popcorn Workers Lung The artificial butter flavoring substance diacetyl causes severe respiratory illness in workers. Read more: case study, documents, background

Food and Drug Administration SKAPP is working to strengthen the FDA. Read more: events, documents, background

The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) is part of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services (Read more about us)

Senate Confirms David Michaels to Head OSHA
12/4/09 - The US Senate confirmed David Michaels as the new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

SKAPP Requests FDA Update on Diacetyl
12/3/09 - SKAPP has requested an update from FDA on the status of its 2006 petition to cancel diacetyl's "generally recognized as safe" status. (Read more)

SKAPP Comments on the Presidential Memo on Scientific Integrity
5/13/09 - SKAPP researchers submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recommending ways the federal government can improve scientific integrity at federal agencies. (Read more)

SKAPP Examines Government Scientists' Rights and Responsibilities
SKAPP's Scientists in Government project, which promotes public discussion about the rights and responsibilities of government scientists, is recruiting current and former government scientists to participate in this qualitative research. (Read more)

Welcome to the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP)

SKAPP is an initiative of scholars to examine the application of scientific evidence in the legal and regulatory arenas. We are committed to a future of transparent decision-making that draws on the best science to protect public health. Our objectives are:

to enhance understanding of how science is used and misused in government decision-making and in legal proceedings; and
to inform decision-makers about the nature of scientific inquiry and opinion.

SKAPP is based at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Read more about the project.

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Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health
Read the eye-opening exposé by GWU Environmental & Occupational Health Department Interim Chair David Michaels (Oxford University Press, 2008).

American Journal of Public Health supplement on scientific evidence & public policy

Law and Contemporary Problems
Sequestered Science: The Consequences of Undisclosed Knowledge
(Vol. 69, No. 1, Summer 2006)

Summer 2006 issue of Law and Contemporary Problems (Full-text PDFs)

Environmental Health Perspectives Mini-monograph
(Vol. 116, No. 1, January 2008)

Papers from the Third Coronado Conference published in Environmental Health Perspectives mini-monograph (Full-text PDFs)

Law and Contemporary Problems
Conventions in Science and Law
(Vol. 72, No. 1, Winter 2009)

Winter 2009 issue of Law and Contemporary Problems (Full-text PDFs)

Additional papers by SKAPP authors on scientific evidence and public policy

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