Jeff Stier is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and directs its Risk Analysis Division. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:05:00 GMT Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The Obama Administration would like to have us believe that his agencies have struck a reasonable approach to using its regulatory powers. In his Executive Order on regulatory reform last year, the president proclaimed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2012/08/28/epas_action_doesnt_match_its_rhetoric fde50e37-b7c3-4d07-8e3c-35d44d59340a Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:05:00 GMT Vocal patient advocates are increasingly distorting public health priorities, research agendas, and even public policy. Media and policy makers, as sympathetic to the voices of patients and family members as the rest of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/07/26/the_perils_of_patient_activism 945812e4-5ca5-4b06-8b39-223ec0b8ce0c Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:43:00 GMT This article was co-authored by Michael Alan, of the National Center for Public Policy Research The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the 60,000 doctor-strong professional association, is calling for a government... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/07/13/regulating_junk_food_advertising-the_next_nanny_state_initiative 464cb1ca-7574-42b0-ae61-33cb4fbeceb7 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:01:00 GMT Indiana broke new ground earlier this month when the state changed the way it taxes smokeless tobacco, or snus, to reflect its comparatively lower risk verses cigarettes. I do not believe the government should use... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/06/01/sane_sin_tax_policy_must_reflect_risks 941e4d12-6353-49db-b3b6-2eb089e6f563 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:42:00 GMT When it comes to regulating pharmaceuticals, it is important to remember that there are no "safe" drugs. All medicines have benefits and risks and they must be weighed against each other for each particular patient's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/04/18/dont_ban_useful_medicines 7c8f3dfb-905f-4ddb-ad3c-4665e034a48d Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:40:00 GMT At a food exhibit last month I met a man hawking specialty teas. He handed me a cup of mango tea and I took a moment to chat with him. He told me that while the tea may feel good after eating, it will do little to aid... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/02/28/celebrities_should_stick_to_their_song_and_dance bbd45c14-8813-422d-82fa-b7ecf8c539d3 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Why would the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturn its own scientists and decide to regulate trace levels of perchlorate in drinking water after it recently decided it didn't need to be regulated? Earlier... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2011/02/23/the_epas_latest_unscientific_power_grab 32bfc342-b82c-43f7-a4c5-775d9ce58766 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:48:08 GMT When journalists give an award to one of their own, you'd think they'd honor reporting that rises above that of others in journalistic quality. But that isn't what happened when The Deadline Club, the New York branch of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2010/06/21/ny_times_reporter_honored_for_activism_disguised_as_journalism 20d3a876-6a2f-42f7-854a-4f6bfdd43bf2 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:23:01 GMT "Commercialized" science distorts science, writes the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) on the webpage of its "Integrity in Science" project. The very name of the project suggests that such science... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2010/05/19/in_scientific_research,_its_full_disclosure_for_thee,_not_for_me 425f7310-3cc5-43bd-860f-3911c1f450ba Wed, 19 May 2010 04:01:00 GMT We have the safest food supply in the world today - it has actually never been safer. But there is always room for improvement. After more than a year of deliberation and negotiation, the Senate is poised this week t http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JeffStier/2010/05/03/the_government_and_the_food_safety_modernization_act ba104f2d-2cc0-4b59-9713-b7a2b1ef858e Mon, 03 May 2010 20:21:02 GMT