A graduate with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, Julie DeFalco was formerly a Policy Analyst at CEI, specializing in risk issues. She specifically focused on the human cost of regulations such as those issued by the Food and Drug Administration, as well as corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. She was also the editor of CEI's FDA Drug Lag Reader, a compendium of twenty years of work on this issue. Her other work focused on airline safety regulations and advertising and free speech issues. She has been published in Investor's Business Daily, Reason magazine, and the Washington Times, among others. She has been an occasional guest on CNN, NewsTalk television and NET TV.

recent studies

The Deadly Effects of Fuel Economy Standards: CAFE's Lethal Impact on Auto Safety
By Julie DeFalco, June 1, 1999

CAFE's "Smashing Success": The Deadly Effects of Auto Fuel Economy Standards, Current & Proposed
By Julie DeFalco, June 1, 1997

Cyber Seducers?
By Julie DeFalco, August 1, 1996

The FDA vs. Reform
By Julie DeFalco, June 7, 1996

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news release

New Study Shows Death Toll Of Auto Fuel Economy Mandates
By Julie DeFalco, June 21, 1999

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