Is vaping addictive in the same way as a drug addiction or more like an addiction to running or shopping?
Category: Risk-Monger
SlimeGate 3.2.2: IARC’s Attack on Atrazine
IARC is up to their old tricks again. We are starting to learn to ignore them.
SlimeGate 2.3.4: The Litigation Finance Whistleblower Exposé Part 2
Litigation finance ethical challenges are made worse when we see how big external investors are pulling the strings and taking most of the payouts.
SlimeGate 2.3.3: The Litigation Finance Whistleblower Exposé Part 1
I interviewed a former litigation finance analyst willing to blow the whistle on the corrupt industry.
How Did We All Get so Stupid?
An Essay on the Individualisation of Communications
My Contribution to the European Commission Consultation on the EU’s Civil Society Funding Strategy
The EU has had a series of NGO funding scandals. They’re looking in the wrong places to answer the wrong questions.
The End of the Regulatory Cold War
The European Union has won the Regulatory Cold War and then quickly lost the peace.
Ten Reasons Why Choosing Organic Food is Immoral and Unsustainable
Next time someone expresses how righteous their food choices are, share this with them
The Key to Risk Management: Have a Plan
Risk is defined as hazard times exposure. But what drives us to tolerate certain exposures?
Redneck Science
With MAHA conspiracy theories becoming official US health policies, we need a new term for their regulatory science.
Lamenting the Loss of Lobbying
The death of engagement is changing policy management and leadership. Instead of lobbying, we have populism.
How Research Bias Leads to Bullshit
I was invited to participate in an “expert survey” that revealed some frightening bias built into the researchers’ agenda.
The Risk-Monger 