ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Air and Water Quality

Environmental estrogens and endocrine disrupters: Health effects?
Source: Center for the Study of American Business
Author: Stephen H. Safe
Country: United States

Some straight answers about the incidence of female breast cancer and male reproductive disfunction and its relation with man-made chemicals in the environment. (2/00)

Report of public transit's record ridership questionable
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Author: Wendell Cox
Country: United States

The American Public Transportation Association recently reported that public transit ridership in the United States is on the rise. Wendell Cox raises up to point out the flaws in their report. (6/2/00)

EPA's new rules will worsen smog
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Kay H. Jones, Ph.D. and Ben Lieberman
Country: United States

Jones and Lieberman produce some enlightening numbers concerning new smog and soot rules and ground-level ozone levels. (11/10/99)

EPA's black hole of data
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Jim Porterfield
Country: United States

There's very little scientific evidence that farmers pollute American waters with animal waste, but it's a known fact that EPA and state environmental agencies pollute U.S. water quality reports with foul data. (9/00)

Environmental justice on faulty legal footing
Source: The Center for the Study of American Business
Author: Thomas A. Lambert
Country: United States

Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits intentional racial discrimination. The EPA is now exploiting the historic Supreme Court ruling to prohibit permits that unintentionally have disparate environmental effects on communities. Available in Adobe PDF format. (7/00)

Willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions
Source: Resources for the Future
Author: Alan Krupnick et al.
Country: United States

The justification for new and more stringent pollution control regulations often hinges on the argument to prolong lives. But the supposed benefactors don't appear to be supportive of this argument. Available in Adobe PDF format. (9/20/00)

Clean air regulations harmful to minorities
Source: National Center for Public Policy Research
Author: Syd Gernstein
Country: United States

For many of America's black entrepreneurs, one-size-fits-all clean air regulations are nothing more than anti-competitive barriers to entry. (8/00)

Legal brief on cost-benefit analysis and air regulations
Source: AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Country: United States

Economists urge the Supreme Court to allow EPA to consider costs and consequences of clean air regulations. Available in Adobe PDF. (7/21/00)

Does exposure to soot lead to illness?
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Kay Jones and Ben Lieberman
Country: United States

A new report out by CEI contends EPA's scientific evidence supporting a 2.5 micron particulate standard is on shaky ground. (06/01)

Arsenic, Drinking Water, and Health
Source: American Council on Science and Health
Author: Kenneth G. Brown and Gilbert L. Ross
Country: United States

"The purpose of this American Council on Science and Health Report is to review issues and sources of uncertainty affecting assessment of potential health risks related to drinking water in the U.S." It is available in Adobe PDF. (02/02)

What's wrong with regulating carbon dioxide emissions?
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Ross McKitrick, Ph.D.
Country: United States
E-mail: info@cei.org

"...central planners can never get enough information to figure out the least-cost way to achieve a target. ... any attempt at centralized micromanagement of emissions will end up being excessively costly. No matter what emissions reduction is eventually achieved it could have been done more cheaply with one of the other methods." (10/01)

The national costs of the Total Maximum Daily Load Program
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: staff article
Country: United States

The Mercatus Center provided comments on the Total Maximum Daily Load Program issued by the EPA regarding water quality. One of the conclusions reached was that the EPA's cost estimates were not reliable and could cost states billions. The full report is available in Adobe PDF. (12/11/01)

Comment on proposed rule to control emissions from nonroad spark ignition engines
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Garrett A. Vaughn
Country: United States

This report examines the proposed rule to control emissions from nonroad spark ignition engines. It recommends that the EPA "postpone going forward with the proposed rule until it has conducted a true benefit-cost analysis, coupled with a comparison of alternative regulatory approaches." The report is available in Adobe PDF. (12/19/01)

Clearing the air
Source: RPPI
Author: Joel Schwartz
Country: United States

Examining the disconnect between public perception and reality with respect to air quality. (PDF file) (7/03)

The EPA's proposed water quality trading policy
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Bruce Yandle and Brian Mannix
Country: United States

This study examines the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to use permit trading in order to improve water quality, and concludes that it will reduce pollution, and will do so more cost-effectively than current practices. (PDF file) (07/02)

Particulate air pollution: Weighing the risks
Source: CEI
Author: Joel Schwartz
Country: United States

Examines the effect of particulate matter on mortality in the U.S., and offers better solutions to the problem than current legislative proposals targeting power plants. (PDF file) (4/03)

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