Michael Dourson

Dr. Michael Dourson is a board-certified toxicologist serving as president and director of science for Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA).

Government subsidies raises prices, even in childcare

This week a variety of groups have been pushing out narratives on more taxpayer funding for childcare. You may wonder why, suddenly, this is such a crisis issue. It is because billions in COVID-era government handouts to the industry are expiring this month.

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House unanimously classifies gas station drug as a controlled substance

North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously classified the drug as a Schedule II controlled substance on Wednesday afternoon.

‘Right to Try’ moves through NC General Assembly

Companion legislation, HB 1029 and SB 871, have been moving through the General Assembly this week as bill sponsors seek to allow patients with terminal or severely debilitating diseases, who have exhausted all other options, to partake in experimental treatments when recommended by a physician.  Both the House Health Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee took...

Updates to sex education standards raise concerns among conservatives

The North Carolina Board of Education recently voted to approve updates to the Healthful Living Standards for K-12 public schools, but some conservatives are wary of adjustments to the sex education components of the standards. North Carolina law requires school districts to “[t]each that abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage is the expected standard for all...