A new report published by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) counters claims by an environmental activist group that chemical exposures have led to numerous disease clusters throughout the country.

In its March 2011 report, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) cited 42 areas in 13 states as disease clusters. However, a peer-reviewed analysis by ACSH, using well-established principles of scientific investigation, shows that only one of the 42 sites meets the scientific definition of a disease cluster, calling into question the entire NRDC study.

Chemophobia Cluster at the Natural Resources Defense Council