The Shifting Sands project examines how irreproducible science affects select areas of government policy and regulation. The first report on PM2.5 Regulation focuses on irreproducible research in the field of environmental epidemiology, which informs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s policies and regulations. The second report focuses on Food Frequency Questionnaire and irreproducible research in the field of nutritional epidemiology, which informs the Food and Drug Administration’s policies and regulations. The third report focuses on failures by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to consider empirical evidence available in the public domain during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth report examines the science underlying implicit bias theory.
Shifting Sands: Unsound Science and Unsafe Regulation examines how irreproducible science affects select areas of government policy and regulation governed by different federal agencies. This fir......
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Shifting Sands: Flimsy Food Findings focuses on the Food Frequency Questionnaire and irreproducible research in the field of nutritional epidemiology, which informs the U.S. Food and Drug Ad......
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Shifting Sands: Confounded Errors focuses on failures by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to consider empirical evidence avail......
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Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology examines the science underlying implicit bias theory. The report finds that many researchers and legislators believe policies based on this theory are harmful. M......
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