Chemophobia Cluster at the Natural Resources Defense Council By American Council on Science and Health Publish Date : Thursday, December 1, 2011
A new report published today 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.
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Pesticides and Health By Allan S. Felsot Publish Date : Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Year in and year out, agricultural pesticides have been the subject of considerable fear-mongering, leaving the typical consumer with the impression that these chemicals taint much of our food supply and are harmful to human health. In fact, just the opposite is closer to the truth. The published scholarly literature has failed to turn up evidence of adverse human health effects from use of modern pesticides in the real world. Furthermore, in light of the current economic
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Pesticides in Perspective By William Kucewicz Publish Date : Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Year in and year out, agricultural pesticides have been the subject of considerable fear-mongering, leaving the typical consumer with the impression that these chemicals taint much of our food supply and are harmful to human health. In fact, just the opposite is closer to the truth. The published scholarly literature has failed to turn up evidence of adverse human health effects from use of modern pesticides in the real world. Furthermore, in light of the current economic
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Whatever Happened to AIDS? How the Pharmaceutical Industry Tamed HIV By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D. Publish Date : Monday, February 14, 2011
New York, NY, February 14, 2011 – A new publication released today by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), Whatever Happened to AIDS? How the Pharmaceutical Industry Tamed HIV, explains the central role played by the pharmaceutical industry in transforming AIDS from an inevitably fatal illness to a chronic, manageable disease. This story is largely untold.
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