Recently by Dick Hanneman
March 9, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Years ago, when "GAO" stood for "General Accounting Office," that arm of Congress focused its reviews on how well government agencies were spending taxpayers' resources. A new GAO report suggests FDA should expend more resources on substances earlier determined to...
March 3, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
It remains hard to believe, when the daily newspapers are screaming for action to curtail population sodium intakes, that until this month, only one controlled trial has ever examined the actual health outcomes of salt reduction. Sure, we've seen computer...
February 24, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
With federal spending skyrocketing out of control with its pent-up inflationary impact and national economic indicators garnering above-the-fold front page coverage almost daily, Americans' economic anxieties are on the rise and the nation's economic health in grave jeopardy. Only reawakening...
February 22, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Today's NY Times (free subscription) carries an opinion column by science editor John Tierney, "Salt Wars." It recounts the exchanges between medical experts over the advisability of asking the general population to reduce dietary salt and hits both of the...
February 9, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
The former president of Canada's largest science based regulatory agency, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, cautioned the public recently: "Don't be fooled. Science is always politicized." Ronald Doering argues in the National Post that we should not expect scientists to put...
February 8, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
I'm recently returned from the India-International Salt Summit in India and so my eye caught the news that, in the wake of ClimateGate, India has withdrawn from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). India's environmental minister, Jairam Ramesh, was...
February 2, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Harold Alderman of the World Bank estimates the payback for investments in iodizing salt to return between $12 and $30 for every dollar invested. The study was just published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Iodizing...
January 7, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
As a member of the National Transportation Operations Coalition, yesterday I attended an FHWA-hosted meeting of NTOC members to discuss how improving highway operations can contribute to the Federal Highway Administration's goals for "sustainability" and "livability." (FHWA's other two goals...
December 23, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
No this post doesn't concern Dan Brown's best-selling mystery novel by this title nor even reference the seasonally-referenced celestial battle presaging the birth of Christ which celebration is quickly upon us. But, like the engaging plot of a quick-read novel...
December 23, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
The Federal Highway Administration's Office of Operations has published an important benchmarking report on use of performance measures which assesses state DOT adoption and effectiveness of harnessing new techniques and technologies to improve roadway operations impaired by adverse weather conditions.As...
