Dr. John Staddon, Duke professor of psychology and biology, ponders how Great Britain’s National Health Service might fare as a model for future American health care. Staddon offered these comments during a Feb. 24, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Opinion
Let the science decide on PFAS in water
Saying “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances” is a mouthful—so let’s stick with the common abbreviation for this group of man-made chemicals: PFAS. And no, you don’t want a mouthful of them. If consumed in high concentrations, PFAS may be harmful to human health. But we don’t know how high a concentration it takes. That’s why the...