Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes [status report] (from Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety)
Publish Date : Friday, October 10, 2008
We're pleased to report that over the twelve-month period ending in October 2007, ACSH's paper "Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes: A Review of the Safety Issues" by Ruth Kava, Ph.D., R.D., Manfred Kroger, Ph.D., and Kathleen Meister was the twelfth most popular download on the influential online journal Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.  Read Full >>

New "Genre" Editor Rips Himself Off (from Portfolio.com)
Publish Date : Thursday, October 2, 2008
An October 2, 2007 post at Portfolio.com criticizing editor Neal Boulton notes his magazine's poor ranking in ACSH's survey of nutrition reporting...  Read Full >>

Health Group Notes Benefits, Safety of Nuclear Energy
"[E]xaggerated fears are still circulating"
Publish Date : Wednesday, August 27, 2008
New York, NY -- August 27, 2008. Nuclear energy is the cleanest source of electrical power available today, according to an analysis by scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). Their main points are summarized in the brochure Nuclear Energy and Health: What's the Story?  Read Full >>

Scientist Debunks Myth of Organic Nutritional Superiority
"Organic proponents have...used misleading and inappropriately-evaluated data "
Publish Date : Monday, July 21, 2008
The latest attempt by proponents of organic agriculture to prove that organically grown crops are nutritionally superior to conventional ones has failed, according to Joseph D. Rosen, Ph.D., emeritus professor of food science at Rutgers University and a scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH).  Read Full >>

WTC Science (from the New York Post)
Publish Date : Sunday, July 6, 2008
In a July 6, 2008 letter to the New York Post, Thomas Aldrich, Chair of the New York State September 11th Workers' Protection Task Force, objects to a Post piece by ACSH's Jeff Stier...  Read Full >>