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Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2007: References
Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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1. New Product Test Finds Lead in Lipstick
Available at http://www.safecosmetics.org/newsroom/press.cfm?pressReleaseID=26
2. Love the Lipstick—Is That Lead You’re Wearing?
Available at http://media.www.thejambar.com/media/storage/paper324/news/2007/11/27/News/Love-The.Lipstick.8212.Is.That.Lead.Youre.Wearing-3117297.shtml
3. Lead in Lipstick: Red alert or false alarm
Available at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003977358_lipsticklead29.html?syndication=rss
4. http://www.safecosmetics.org/about/
5. Lead and Human Health
Available at http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.384/pub_detail.asp
6. Fluoride in Your Water: Friend or Foe
Available at http://www.ewg.org/node/22600
7. Fluoride May Cause Cancer
Available at http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512585
8. Fluoridation Fears
Available at http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512585
9. Sound Science vs. the AntiFluoridation Gang (EWG and FAN)
Available at http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.1049/news_detail.asp
10. ADA offers interim guidance on infant formula and fluoride
Available at http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2212
11. Meat consumption and risk of breast cancer in the UK Women's Cohort Study
Available at http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v96/n7/full/6603689a.html
12. Red Meat Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer Among Premenopausal Women
Available at http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/166/20/2253
13. Landmark Report: Excess Body Fat Causes Cancer
Available at http://www.aicr.org/site/News2?abbr=pr_&page=NewsArticle&id=12898&news_iv_ctrl=1102
14. Lifewire: Research looks at link between red meat consumption, breast cancer incidence
Available at http://www.bendweekly.com/news/5122.html
15. Breast Cancer Risk Linked To Red Meat, Study Finds
Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300824.html
16. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/obesity
17. http://www.aicr.org
18. Junk Science: Food Nannies’ Halloween Cancer Scare
Available at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307458,00.html
19. Teflon and Human Health: Do the Charges Stick?
Available at http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1076/pub_detail.asp
20. Non-stick chemicals may cut birth weight
Available at http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-08-22-baby-cookware_N.htm
21. Cord Serum Concentrations of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in Relation to Weight and Size at Birth
Available at http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10334/abstract.html
22. http://www.ehponline.org/
23. Non-stick chemicals may cut birth weight
Available at http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-08-22-baby-cookware_N.htm
24. Ibid.
25. American Lung Association COPD Fact Sheet
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35020
26. Cassens RG. Nitrite-Cured Meat: A Food Safety Issue in Perspective. Trumball, CT: Food and Nutrition Press; 1990:18-21.
27. Steinke PKW, Foster EM. Botulinum toxin formation in liver sausage. Food res. 1951; 16:477.
28. Lijinksy W, Epstein SS. Nitrosamines as environmental carcinogens. Nature. 1970; 225:21.
29. Nineteenth Report by the Committee on Government Operations. Regulation of Food Additives—Nitrates and Nitrites. August 15, 1972. House Report No. 92-1338.
30. Cured Meat Consumption, Lung Function, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among United States Adults
Available at http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/175/8/798
31. Study ties cured meats to higher lung disease risk
Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1643513920070416
32. Food Chemical News. December 1997; 39:21.
33. Berlitz HD, Grosch W. Food Chemistry. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1987:374.
34. Valentine roses hit with toxic chemicals
Available at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-02-13-rose-toxic_x.htm
35. Not-So-Nice: Valentine's Day Highlights Problem of Toxic Chemical-Doused Flowers
Available at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251444,00.html
36. Phthalates—The Basics
Available at http://www.phthalates.org/whatare/index.asp
37.California OKs phthalates ban on children’s products
Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1443724320071015
38. Chemical stirs up controversy
Available at http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fi-chemical22oct22,1,4979808.story?coll=la-headlines-health
39. Opening Statements in Case on Autism and Vaccinations
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/us/12vaccine.html?fta=y
40. Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A, et al. Ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and regressive developmental disorder in children. The Lancet. 1998; 315:637-41.
41. Mercury and Vaccines (Thimerosal)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/concerns/thimerosal.htm
42. The Oprah Winfrey Show
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200709/20070918/slide_20070918_350_105.jhtml
43. http://autism.about.com/b/2007/07/19/dr-wakefield-whose-research-links-mmr-and-autism-now-under-investigation.htm
44. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/magazine/05autism-t.html
45. Institute of Medicine. Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism. National Academies Press; 2004.
46. Printer Emissions as Bad as Cigarettes
Available at http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb2007082_765131.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories
47. http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/10/22/printer-study.html
48. Ibid.
49. The Facts About Bisphenol A
Available at http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1033/pub_detail.asp
50. http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2007/2007-0730dolinoyetal.html
51. Bisphenol A: Toxic Plastics Chemical in Canned Food: BPA and human diseases on the rise
Available at http://www.ewg.org/node/20937
52. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-10-30-plastics-cover_N.htm
53. Safety of Chemical Used In Plastic, Soda Cans Questioned
Available at http://www.wbaltv.com/health/14542941/detail.html
54. Greening Your Baby From Head to Toe
Available at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314741,00.html
55. http://www.bisphenol-a.org/human/consafety.html

Table of Contents

Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2007

Scare #1: Lipstick Is Toxic (Lead in Cosmetics)

Scare #2: Fluoridated Water Jeopardizes Your Health

Scare #3: Red Meat and Processed Meat Increase Cancer Risk

Scare #4: PFOA Causes Low Birth Weight Babies

Scare #5: Nitrites in Cured Meat Cause Lung Disease

Scare #6: Roses Are Toxic

Scare #7: Rubber Ducks Are Toxic (Phthalates Endanger Children)

Scare #8: Vaccines Cause Autism

Scare #9: Office Printers Are as Hazardous as Secondhand Cigarette Smoke

Scare #10: Water Bottles Cause Cancer

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