NYC's School Snack Attack Is an Insane A-Salt (from the Daily News)
New vending machine rules make no sense
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Friday, October 9, 2009
By Dr. Gilbet Ross.  This week, the city's Department of Education is rolling out new rules for beverage and snack-food vending machines...  Read Full >>

Toys, Lead, and Unintended Consequences (from National Review Online)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Monday, September 14, 2009
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  With enforcement of the misleadingly named Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) now fully in place...  Read Full >>

Meryl Streep's Junk Science (from the National Post)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, September 2, 2009
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. Meryl Streep, star of the movie Julie & Julia, lashed out this past weekend at the world-famous chef she portrays on screen. In an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Ms. Streep claims that Julia Child's cuisine caused heart disease and calls Child "a pawn of big business." In the process, she attempts to smear the organization I head up, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)...  Read Full >>

Is the White House's Organic Garden Toxic to Kids? (from Forbes.com)
No, according to toxicologists. It ought to be, according to environmentalists.
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Thursday, July 23, 2009
By Jeff Stier.  Michelle Obama's "organic" White House garden was designed to promote a green agenda...  Read Full >>

Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill (from RollCall.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By Jeff Stier. Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor...  Read Full >>