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Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2008
"No human diet can be free of naturally occurring chemicals that are rodent carcinogens. Of the chemicals that people eat, 99.99% are natural." — Bruce Ames, Ph.D. and Lois Swirsky Gold, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
October
Kosher Wars (from the New York Times Magazine)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2008
By Jeff Stier. Andy Kastner's approach to kosher food is endearing on its face, but...
Support, Disdain for Flu Shots (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The 1980s Japanese experience -- wherein a requirement that Japanese schoolchildren get vaccinated against the flu led to a dramatic reduction in the death toll among seniors -- should have led our own CDC to...
Smokeless Tobacco for Cigarette Cessation? (from The Lancet)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Saturday, October 4, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  Epidemiological data indicate the heightened efficacy of smokeless tobacco in helping nicotine addicts to switch from their dangerous addiction to smoking...
September
Chemicals Contained in Cosmetics Are Safe (from USA Today)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. USA Today's article "Consumer groups fret over chemicals in teen cosmetics" called undue attention to yet another study by an activist group devoted to finding hazards...
Lethal FDA Warning (from Washington Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The willful blindness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- its overcautious reluctance to approve new drugs -- has led to historic declines in new drug approvals, which will cost lives in years to come.  A more immediate tragedy, though, is FDA's refusal to withdraw its off-putting "black-box" warning label on antidepressants for teens...
NYC Food Cops' National Agenda (from New York Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan.  If the city Health Department gets its way, government officials -- local, state and federal -- will soon be deciding what you can and can't eat...
August
Alarmist and Unscientific Claims on Toy Safety (from the Denver Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2008
By Jeff Stier. Vague feelings should not form the basis of government bans...
Worried About Vaccine Fears (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  It would be impossible to get unanimity on any medical topic. But all pediatric and vaccine experts, as well as all federal health officials, advocate vaccination of preteen and young teen girls against human papilloma virus...
Soy Hypocritical (from the Washington Times)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2008
By Jeff Stier, Esq.  Soy reduces sperm count! Or at least, that's what all the papers would be saying today if soy were an industrial chemical...
July
No Quick Fast-Food Fixes (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  Banning so-called fast-food restaurants from specific zones will not ameliorate the problem of obesity...
Toxics (from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. Americans -- including some with university teaching posts -- are in the grip of nosophobia...
Group Not Industry-Funded (from the Dallas Morning News)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: 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...
Dr. Tom's New Folly (from the New York Post)
No-Strings Green Giveaway
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
By Jeff Stier. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden apparently didn't notice the scandalous revelations about City Council "member items" earlier this year -- at least, it hasn't stopped him from jumping feet first into his own no-accountability giveaway...
Risky Business (from the Guardian)
By Henry Miller
Posted: 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...
Cool Off on Health Scares (from the Washington Times)
By Glenn Swogger
Posted: 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...
June
Exploiting 9/11: Lawyers, Unions, "Scientists" (from the New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: 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...
Good Science (from the National Post)
Hysteria over industry-science collaboration and "conflicts of interest"
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: 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...
May
Will Obama's Former Smoking Impact Health? (from Politico.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
By Jeff Stier.  Barack Obama's campaign has said at least some of his medical records would be released next week, and if complete, they may reveal some valuable information...
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.
Posted: 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...
Enjoy Summer Fun Safely: Health Group Offers Tips
"[B]ee stings, suburn, boating accidents and an increased risk of food poisoning can all subtract from the fun."
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
New York, New York -- May 22, 2008. Summer brings warm sunny days and opportunities galore for outdoor activities. But bee stings, sunburn, boating accidents and an increased risk of food poisoning can all subtract from the fun...
Fighting a Virus Carrier (from the New York Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  Since DDT "fell out of favor" forty years ago, millions of impoverished Africans and Asians have died needlessly...
Health and Safety Tips for Your Summer Vacation (2008)
By Ruth Kava, Ph.D., R.D.
Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
Whether you are traveling around the world or relaxing at home, a safe, healthy vacation will add to your enjoyment. Here are some health and safety tips to keep in mind when planning your summer vacation.
ACSH Applauds MN's Gov. Pawlenty for Resisting Chemical Ban
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008
The American Council on Science and Health sent the following letter to Minnesota's Gov. Pawlenty after reading about his veto of a bill banning two chemicals...
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April
Chem-Phobia: A Phony Plastics Threat (from the New York Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  Chemical-phobia is in full bloom this spring...
Plastic Hysteria Strikes Again (from the Washington Times) UPDATED
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2008
By Gilbert Ross, M.D. A new health scare -- over the safe and useful plastic component, bisphenol-A (BPA) -- has taken wing...
Obama's Health (from HuffingtonPost.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008
By Jeff Stier. The fact that Sen. Obama was a smoker is old news, since he quit. Right? Think again...
The Real Scare-Mongers (from the Washington Times)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: 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)...
Paper Bags: Roach City (from New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
By Jeff Stier. Get your plastic grocery bags while you can. By Earth Day, that is, Tuesday, the national chain Whole Foods Market will no longer offer shoppers plastic bags...
Response to an Attack on "Conflicts of Interest" (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Dr. Kassirer persistently targets financial conflicts while ignoring the many other potential sources of lack of scientific objectivity...
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March
Trench Warfare (from the New York Post)
How Plagues, Politics Nearly Sunk the Panama Canal
By Todd Seavey
Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2008
By Todd Seavey.  When people die in the course of building something, we inevitably ask, "Was it worth it?"...
Jumping Ship from the Rats (from the American Spectator blog)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  We won! That is, the forces of science-based public health policy seem to have won...
Sick Kids Misused in Smoke Ads (from HuffingtonPost.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
By Jeff Stier.  Turns out the truth doesn't matter. The New York City Health Department is standing by TV ads that show children allegedly sickened by exposure to second hand smoke...
Big Picture of Flu Vaccination (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Monday, March 17, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. While the total number of youngsters who succumb to the flu is not large, and it is unclear how many lives would be saved by the vaccine, that is beside the point...
Anti-Chemical Hysteria (from the New Jersey Star-Ledger)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Bisphenol-A, a polycarbonate chemical in plastic bottles (and many other products), and phthalates, generally used to make plastic softer and flexible, have been in wide use for about fifty years...
FDA Supreme, for Now (from the Washington Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices cannot be held liable for defects in design or malfunction, unless the company lied in their application for approval.  This is good news for consumers and for public health...
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February
"Safety" Insanity (from New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
By Jeff Stier. Congress is poised to pass a massive giveaway to the ambulance-chasing trial attorneys -- under the guise of protecting consumers...
Scary Health Stories (from the Washington Times)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  If you are a parent (or grandparent) of a young child, you are a target for manipulation by activists (some with scientific degrees)...
Hostages in the War Against "Chemicals" (from HuffingtonPost.com)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. The fear-mongers have just about everything going for them...
ACSH Advice: Do Not Worry About Health Risks from Baby Powder, Lotion, and Shampoo
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
An article in the current issue of the medical journal Pediatrics claims that baby lotions, powders, and shampoo contain a chemical known as phthalates, which are absorbed by babies through their skin, leaving them at risk of disease and disabilities...
January
ABC's Autism Outrage (from the New York Post)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2008
By Jeff Stier.  ABC tonight will include an extraordinary disclaimer on the first episode of its new series Eli Stone...
What's "Normal" for Puberty? (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Monday, January 28, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  Whom should parents, as well as your writers, believe...
ACSH Statement on New York Times Story Alleging That Tuna Is "Contaminated" with Dangerous Levels of Mercury
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2008
There are no legitimate health concerns associated with eating the tuna available today -- in sushi or other forms...
Doc Frieden's Fried Voodoo (from the New York Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  The city Health Department yesterday passed new regulations forcing some restaurants to post calorie content for all the food on the menu board...
The Science and Economics of Cholesterol Drugs (from MedicalProgressToday.com)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The disappointing results of the ENHANCE drug trial have spurred a medical and media frenzy...
The Supremacy of Preemption (from TCSDaily.com)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Posted: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Patients will benefit if the Supreme Court sides with pharmaceutical companies in two cases this session...
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