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Michael Gough

Adjunct Scholar

Michael Gough, author of Silencing Science, Readings at Risk and Dioxin, Agent Orange, is an expert on risk assessment and environmental policy.




Cato Studies

"The Case for Public Access to Federally Funded Research Data," by Michael Gough and Steven Milloy, Policy Analysis no. 366, February 2, 2000.

"EPA's Cancer Risk Guidelines: Guidance to Nowhere," by Michael Gough and Steven Milloy, Policy Analysis no. 263, November 12, 1996.

Opinion and Commentary

"EPA Uses U.N. Agencies to Overcome," Cato.org, August 20, 1998

"Technology: Politically Correct Scapegoat?," Cato.org, August 10, 1998

"Public Health through the EPA Looking Glass," Cato.org, May 29, 1998

"Where's the News About Cancer Rates?," by Michael Gough and Peter Van Doren, Sacramento Bee, April 22, 1998

"Science, Salamanders and Political Correctness," Cato.org, February 18, 1998

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Speeches and Testimony

"Science Is Badly Used In Risk Assessment," May 15, 1998.

"Endocrine Disrupters, Politics, Pesticides, the Cost of Food and Health," December 15, 1997.

"Addressing Environmental Risks," November 22, 1996.