Protect Yourself from Terrorism
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Monday, September 10, 2007
With the sixth anniversary of terrorist attacks approaching, it is easy to feel helpless and scared about what some believe to be an inevitable future attack. But there are things you can do to protect yourself...  Read Full >>

He Saved a Billion Lives (from the Washington Times)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 18, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. Could there be a man alive today who is virtually unknown to the vast majority of Americans yet is described by those who know his work and accomplishments as "the greatest human being who ever lived"? So it is for Dr. Norman Borlaug...  Read Full >>

Seat Belt Commandment (from the Wall Street Journal)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Monday, July 2, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. There is one horrific omission on the Vatican's auto safety list: the use of seatbelts...  Read Full >>

Drug Company Profits Are Good for Your Health (from BusinessandMedia.org and TownHall.com)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Wednesday, June 27, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. According to a recent study, a barrage of anti-industry media reporting may play a significant role in the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry's tarnished image...  Read Full >>

Treating Tuberculosis (from the New York Sun)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Monday, June 25, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  I was disappointed with Dr. Edward Wu's characterization of the risks posed by the tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker, and the doctor's lack of empathy for an American citizen who simply wanted to get home for treatment...  Read Full >>

Kellogg's: A Sad Cereal Sellout (from the New York Post and National Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Sunday, June 17, 2007
By Elizabeth M. Whelan. This month, Kellogg's did a mea culpa for the implied nutritional deficiencies of their popular cereals, including Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, and Cocoa Krispies...  Read Full >>

Free Andrew! Hysteria and the TB Case (from the New York Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Saturday, June 2, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. Information is still coming in about the case of Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta-area attorney now quarantined because he carries an antibiotics-resistant strain of tuberculosis -- so perhaps our picture of the situation will change greatly. But at the moment, I find myself wondering: What's the big deal...  Read Full >>

Carson's Legacy of Junk Science (from the Orange County Register)
Respected journal repeats the unproven mantra linking chemicals and cancer
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Sunday, May 27, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  Rachel Carson, who would have turned 100 today, wrote Silent Spring, the book published in 1962 that started the modern wave of anti-chemical environmental paranoia. Now, even peer-reviewed scientific journals are absent-mindedly repeating her brand of scare-claims...  Read Full >>

From Peer Review to Fear Review (from TCSDaily.com)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Tuesday, May 22, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  Data and conclusions reported in peer review journals are sound and trustworthy, right? Wrong...  Read Full >>

The SweetN' Lowdown, Thirty Years On (from TCSDaily.com)
One Cancer Scare the Public Didn't Fall For
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Friday, March 9, 2007
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. Thirty years ago this week -- on March 9, 1977 -- the Food and Drug Administration announced its intention to ban what was then the only artificial sweetener, saccharin. The ban was prompted by a Canadian study suggesting that saccharin caused bladder cancer in rats. The FDA was following the dictates of the so-called "Delaney Clause," which prohibits the use of food additives that cause cancer in laboratory animals. There have been   Read Full >>