Likely FDA Appointees Will Face Scaremongers Harmless chemicals depicted as health risks Type : Press Release Publish Date : Friday, March 13, 2009 New York, NY -- March 13, 2009. Scientists and physicians at the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) call for the reform of a broken regulatory system -- one that now tries to appease advocates of junk science who pressure the Food and Drug Administration...
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Unfounded Health Scares (from the Washington Times) By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. Type : Editorial Publish Date : Tuesday, December 23, 2008 By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. In recent years, Americans have been scared to death by strident claims of "toxins" and "carcinogens" lurking in our environment. But 2008 seems to have produced its own unique bumper crop of silly scares...
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