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David Michaels was quoted in several articles on the need to protect popcorn workers from diacetyl exposure (July 2006):

 * Associated Press, "Union Seeks 'Popcorn Lung' Safeguards"
 * Baltimore Sun, "Federal Measures Sought to Combat Flavoring Peril"
 * Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Groups Want Popcorn's Butter Flavoring Regulated"
 * Los Angeles Times, "Limits Sought on Worker Exposure to Flavor Agent."
 * Reuters, "US unions seek limit on butter flavor ingredient"
 * Sacramento Bee, "Food Plant Safety Faulted"

Several mainstream news organizations reported on the article “Selected Science” by David Michaels, Celeste Monforton, and Peter Lurie, which appeared in the 2/23/06 issue of the journal Environmental Health.

* Associated Press, “OSHA issues new rule on chromium
* Los Angeles Times, “Chromium Industry Hid Cancer Risks, Report Says
* Reuters, “Industry study withheld data on carcinogen – report
* USA Today, “Report: Chromium industry withheld data on lung cancer
* Washington Post, “OSHA Sets Limits on Workplace Chromium

David Michaels, chair of the SKAPP Planning Committee, was recognized as the 2006 recipient of the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. Read the AAAS announcement here.

The November issue of the ABA Journal features an article on the 1993 Supreme Court's decision in Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals and the 2001 Data Quality Act, with perspectives from the US Chamber of Commerce, legal scholars and SKAPP's David Michaels. Read "Science Experiment."

In "Benched Science" Science News Online explores the Daubert decision as described by legal scholars and academics in the July 2005 supplement to the American Journal of Public Health.

A July 30, 2005 editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Science: The Art of Obfuscation," mentions the American Journal of Public Health's special supplement on Scientific Evidence and Public Policy, and previews topics addressed by some of the papers.

SKAPP's David Michaels was quoted in a June 26, 2005 article in the Austin-American Statesman entitled "New product for U.S. industry: 'manufactured doubt.'