This is a repost from the Action Pa web site | March 14, 2008
In an article about cancer treatments and the American Cancer Society, this 1990 OTA report on unconventional cancer treatments is cited.
Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, science, technology, policy
This is a repost from the Action Pa web site | March 14, 2008
In an article about cancer treatments and the American Cancer Society, this 1990 OTA report on unconventional cancer treatments is cited.
By Marianne Lavelle | US News and World Report, Beyond the Barrel blog | March 13, 2008
Ms. Lavalle discusses cost estimates associated with policies to mitigate climate change. She references a “long forgotten study” by OTA and mentions how it’s hard to find the reports online. Don’t worry- we’re working to change that!
By Casey McConnell | Qi BioEnergy Blog | posted March 10, 2008
This author is promoting energy produced from biomass (in particular, energy produced by his company). He sites this 1980 OTA report in his article about the potential of this type of fuel.
By Kate Wing | February 22, 2008 | NRDC Switchboard
Kate Wing discusses unintentional species invasions. Along the way, she reminisces about OTA- “I’ve dug out my well-worn copy of “Harmful non-indigenous species in the U.S.” from my thesis work. Ah, the old Office of Technology Assessment. Sure would be handy to have a non-partisan agency using science to look at technologies these days, but I digress.”
By Dilip Hiro | February 7, 2008 | comment is free- The Guardian Unlimited
A 1993 OTA report on the proliferation of WMD capabilities gets mentioned in this article.
TheStreet.com | By James Altucher | January 22, 2008
This article suggests some top animal care stocks for investors. An OTA report (does anyone know what the reference might be?) is cited that claims that animal farm care costs are $25 billion/year and rising.