CPR Editorial Memoranda

• October 29, 2008.  Editorial Memorandum on FDA and Preemption of State Tort Laws:  Wyeth vs. Levine, by CPR Member Scholar Thomas McGarity, in advance of oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Wyeth vs. Levine.
• October 1, 2008.   "Regulation Makes a Comeback," by CPR Member Scholar Rena Steinzor on what the autumn 2008 Wall Street crisis tells us about the dangers of deregulation of environmental health and safety.
• September 3, 2008.  Editorial Memorandum on the Department of Labor's Proposed Risk Assessment Policy.
• June 2, 2008.  Editorial Memorandum on federal preemption of state and local climate change laws and policies.
• April 28, 2008. Editorial Memorandum on the NHTSA’s effort to preempt state emissions standards with its April 2008 vehicle mileage standards.
• March 10, 2003. Editorial memorandum on federally sanctioned false labeling of meat raised on chemicals and pesticides, a provision in the FY 2004 Omnibus Appropriations bill, as enacted, that would result in pesticide- and chemical-raised meat being labeled as "organic" in grocery stores.
• December 19, 2003. Editorial memorandum on Wendy Wagner/David Michaels proposal for disclosure of corporate influence on science in the regulatory process. (Read the proposal as published in Science Magazine.)