Science and Regulation: Current Impasse and Future Solutions
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, No. S1, pp. S8-S12, 2005
The Coronado Conference: Scientific Evidence and Public Policy Paper
5 Pages Posted: 29 Nov 2005
Abstract
We reflect on four articles that examine the Supreme Court's Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. decision and efforts by private interests to derail public health and environmental regulations. The articles' authors make the case that the impact of Daubert and related decisions in court settings pale by comparison to the threat that Daubert-like thinking poses in the regulatory arena. A growing number of companies, however, have made substantial changes in practice and in culture by embracing a philosophy where health and environment are priorities. Mechanisms could be established to encourage firms to pledge to use science to meet public health and environment goals, as well as channel the ingenuity of the private sector towards ecological, economical, and equitable systems of production.
Keywords: Government Regulation, Public Health, Environmental Law
JEL Classification: G18, I18, K32
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