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 >>

Exploiting 9/11: Lawyers, Unions, "Scientists" (from the New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Thursday, June 26, 2008
By Jeff Stier.  It's right to take pride in treating our heroes well. We should certainly compensate first responders who were actually injured as a result of exposure to the air on 9/11 and the following few days.  But we shouldn't be suckers for every claim...  Read Full >>

Good Science (from the National Post)
Hysteria over industry-science collaboration and "conflicts of interest"
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, June 18, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  The recent proposed Canadian restrictions on products such as baby bottles containing the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is but the latest unscientific legislation made possible in part by a dangerous prevailing assumption...  Read Full >>

Scientists Honor Top Science Op-Ed Writer: Henry I. Miller
"[M]isinformation is widely propagated and feeds the propagandizing of anti-technology activists."
Type : Press Release
Publish Date : Wednesday, May 7, 2008
New York, NY -- May 7, 2008.  The American Council on Science and Health today presents the first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education...  Read Full >>

The Real Scare-Mongers (from the Washington Times)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Thursday, April 17, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  Michael F. Jacobson's Monday letter, "The perils of corporate funding," is a misinformed, scurrilous, ad hominem attack on me and the group I head, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)...  Read Full >>