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 >>

ACSH's President Dismisses Harvard Health Letter's Condemnation of Plastic Products as Health Risks
"I fear that you may have misled your readers, causing them needless anxiety"
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Publish Date : Friday, May 23, 2008
New York, NY--May 23, 2008. In a letter responding to Harvard's Dr. Claire McCarthy, Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, President of the American Council on Science and Health, maintains that the use of plastic bottles and other plastic products pose no known hazard to human health...  Read Full >>

Enjoy Summer Fun Safely: Health Group Offers Tips
"[B]ee stings, suburn, boating accidents and an increased risk of food poisoning can all subtract from the fun."
Publish Date : Wednesday, May 21, 2008
New York, New York -- May 22, 2008. Summer brings warm sunny days and opportunities galore for outdoor activities. But bee stings, sunburn, boating accidents and an increased risk of food poisoning can all subtract from the fun...  Read Full >>

Scientists Honor Top Science Op-Ed Writer: Henry I. Miller
"[M]isinformation is widely propagated and feeds the propagandizing of anti-technology activists."
Publish Date : Wednesday, May 7, 2008
New York, NY -- May 7, 2008.  The American Council on Science and Health today presents the first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education...  Read Full >>

Claims of Industry Tampering with Science Are Overblown
"A new scientific McCarthyism is alive and well in America today." --ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan
Publish Date : Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Scientific progress has long benefited from collaboration between science and business -- so concludes a new report from the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a non-profit group critical of unscientific claims. Nevertheless, self-appointed "consumer advocacy" groups now routinely assert that science is being perverted by scientists' ties to industry and point to a handful of scandals to make their case -- despite the lack of evidence showing that ties to industry are   Read Full >>

Scientists Weigh in on Faulty Celebrity Health Claims
"We value movie stars and musicians for their entertainment value, not their scientific expertise," said Dr. Elizabeth Whelan
Publish Date : Monday, January 14, 2008
When it comes to health issues, who should you trust to give you the truth: celebrities or scientists? When celebrities weigh in on important health issues, the public takes notice. However, all too often their statements are incorrect. The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) weighs in on one celebrity-touted myth after another in the new publication Celebrities vs. Science.  Read Full >>