The True Story of Cosmetics: Exposing the Risks of the Smear Campaign
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and its partner, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), are on a crusade to scare consumers away from using cosmetics and hygiene products that contain preservatives
The Environmental Source: Chemical Risk Overview
The average worldwide human life span has increased from around 30 years at the beginning of the 20th century to more than 60 today, and it continues to rise.
Florida’s Reedy Creek Improvement District: Could private government help fix Florida’s property insurance system?
Walt Disney World sits on of 25,000 acres in Central Florida governed and managed by an essentially “private” government—the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID).
South Carolina’s Omnibus Coastal Insurance Reform Legislation: Baby Steps in the Right Direction
In early 2007, South Carolina created a new system for windstorm insurance: It expanded a long-existing staterun wind pool and introduced a number of tax credits to help individuals purchase polici
Particulate Air Pollution: Weighing The Risks
Schwarz argues that air quality has vastly improved. This has occurred despite the increase in population, automobile travel, and energy consumption.

