ACSH Carcinogens Breakfast at Manhattan Institute
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute
invites you to a breakfast forum
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
8:30 am - 10:00 am
With:
Elizabeth Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S. President and Founder, American Council on Science and Health
On:
ACSH's book America's War on "Carcinogens": Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk (American Council on Science and Health, 2005)
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ACSH Films and Documentary Big Fears, Little Risks
Monday, July 2, 2007
Many of us may feel helpless to protect ourselves against the onslaught of health threats reported in the news. It seems that almost every day we open a newspaper or turn on the news, a new carcinogen has been discovered in our food or environment that in high-dose animal studies has been shown to cause cancer. But does this necessarily mean that it is a risk to human health?This 1989 video documentary with Walter Cronkite is more timely now than ever before. As science advances to the
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ACSH Hosts Media Symposium on Harm Reduction, Part I
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
On June 26th the American Council on Science and Health assembled a distinguished panel of scientists in New York City to present a one day educational symposium for the media on the concept of harm reduction.
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ACSH Hosts Visitors from Japanese Agriculture and Health Ministries
Monday, July 17, 2006
At the request of the U.S. State Department, Dr. Ruth Kava, ACSH nutrition director, and Mr. Jeff Stier, ACSH associate director, met with representatives from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare...
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ACSH Presents the First Henry I. Miller Award
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education was presented to Dr. Henry Miller Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Award luncheon, which took place at the Union League Club, was a huge success.
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ACSH Trustee Dr. Norman Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
On July 17, 2008, at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, Dr. Norman Borlaug received the Congressional Gold Medal -- making him one of only five people ever to receive that honor as well as the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Borlaug is credited with saving a billion lives...
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