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.   Read Full >>

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   Read Full >>

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   Read Full >>

Summer Health & Safety Tips
By Ruth Kava
Publish Date : Friday, May 27, 2011
ACSH's Tips for a Safe and Healthy Summer   Read Full >>

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.  Read Full >>

Scared to Death
How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health
By Jon Entine
Publish Date : Tuesday, January 18, 2011
In response to the growing level of chemophobia -- the irrational fear of chemicals -- among the American public, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) announces the release of its new position paper, Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health, authored by Jon Entine, a scholar with the American Enterprise Institute and highly regarded science journalist. ACSH compiled this resource book to educate   Read Full >>

Scared to Death
How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health
By Jon Entine
Publish Date : Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A condensed version of the book Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health. If news stories and the Internet are to be believed, the dangers from chemicals are increasing, cancer stalks us at every turn and our children are vulnerable. Synthetic chemicals are essential for modern life, but our views of them are conflicted. Pharmaceuticals keep us healthy. Plastics are found in ev- erything from toys to cars to medical supplies. Pesticides and herbicides boost food   Read Full >>

Celebrities Vs. Science
Publish Date : Monday, January 3, 2011
January 3, 2011. We value movie stars and musicians for their entertainment value, not their scientific expertise. But when they weigh in on important issues pertaining to human health and get things wrong, it is important to set the record straight. Scientists affiliated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) do just that. In the second edition of Celebrities Vs. Science, they respond to one celebrity doozy of a comment at a time.   Read Full >>

The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2010
By Lana Spivak, M.S.
Publish Date : Wednesday, December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010. Before we can officially commence the New Year, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would like to reflect upon this past year. We'd especially like to spend an extra moment considering what we hope the world will eventually learn to forget — the most unfounded health scares of 2010.   Read Full >>

Health Panel Finds All-Natural Carcinogens Galore in Holiday Dinner Menu
Publish Date : Wednesday, November 10, 2010
  NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK — Scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health analyzed the natural foods that make up a traditional holiday dinner — and have found that they are loaded with "carcinogens": chemicals that in large doses cause cancer in laboratory animals. None of these chemicals are made by man or added to the foods. Indeed, all of these "carcinogens" occur naturally in foods. But ACSH scientists have good news: these natural   Read Full >>