Toxics (from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Friday, July 25, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. Americans -- including some with university teaching posts -- are in the grip of nosophobia...  Read Full >>

Group Not Industry-Funded (from the Dallas Morning News)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Tuesday, July 22, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  Your editorial urging Congress to ban phthalates in toys (despite the fact that they present no health hazard) implied that the only dissenters to the proposed ban are...  Read Full >>

Risky Business (from the Guardian)
By Henry Miller
Type : Book
Publish Date : Friday, July 11, 2008
By Henry I. Miller, M.D.  Worried about trace chemicals in the water supply or carbon monoxide in your home? Don't be...  Read Full >>

Cool Off on Health Scares (from the Washington Times)
By Glenn Swogger
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Monday, July 7, 2008
Dr. Glenn Swogger.  Scares regarding chemicals in plastic -- bisphenol-A (BPA) and phthlates -- are only the latest manifestation of a deeper problem. But the problem is not "our toxic environment" or the evils of industrial civilization. The problem is a pervasive unease and anxiety that feeds upon itself...  Read Full >>

ACSH's President Dismisses Harvard Health Letter's Condemnation of Plastic Products as Health Risks
"I fear that you may have misled your readers, causing them needless anxiety"
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Friday, May 23, 2008
New York, NY--May 23, 2008. In a letter responding to Harvard's Dr. Claire McCarthy, Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, President of the American Council on Science and Health, maintains that the use of plastic bottles and other plastic products pose no known hazard to human health...  Read Full >>