Science and the law edition:

• Vaccine court's ruling against autism claim a big victory for scientific rationality [Kathleen Seidel, New York Times editorial (see, they can be right), Obbie, Popehat]
• "National Academies: we need better science in the courtroom" [ArsTechnica] "The sad fact is that science & law don't mix" [Greenfield]
• Historian Gerald Markowitz, familiar plaintiff's expert in toxics litigation, excluded by judge in Ohio vinyl chloride case [Childs, TortsProf]. And Beck & Herrmann: experts tripped up in Seroquel and prosthetic-device cases;
• When a business-funded scientific paper turns out bogus, what else did you expect?, and when a trial-lawyer-funded scientific paper turns out bogus, it's -- well, kind of like the whole system has failed or something [industry-scourge "Revere" on Wakefield vaccine-autism scandal at Effect Measure and Pump Handle]
• Better keep your doubts to yourself on health allegations against secondhand smoke, or risk being called a "denialist" [Siegel via Sullum, Reason]
• Defense cries foul on Good Morning America "Victoria's Secret toxic bra" story [Shaw's Eco-Logic, Formaldehyde Institute]