Phthalates, a group of ubiquitous chemicals that are perennial darlings of the anti-chemical movement, have been accused of being responsible for just about everything from birth defects to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Well, now they may be going onto California s chemical wastebasket called Proposition 65, ostensibly a list of chemicals that cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.

Ending a blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men is a cultural hot topic and Washington Times journalist Cheryl Wetzstein reached out to the American Council on Science and Health for the facts.

Safe and effective in helping smokers quit, concerns about e-cigarettes provoke efforts to suppress their use in public by New York City. Can the City leaders not tell the difference between a cigarette, and an e-cigarette? It s not that hard.

Since ACSH was founded in 1978, we have been proponents of the view that vaccines are arguably the greatest achievement in public health,

On Thanksgiving day the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology announced retraction of a study by Gilles-Eric Seralini and colleagues that has had scientists up in arms.

Dr. Josh Bloom in the New York Post, December 2, 2013
Thanks to a thoroughly misguided move by federal drug bureaucrats, many Americans are going to have to live with needless pain...[Read more.]

Should Americans be worried about radiation from the Fukushima incident in Japan? The EPA keeps track of radiation within U.S. borders and presents the data online in nearly real time through RadNet, a nationwide system of monitors but the agency does not monitor radiation levels at sea.

The current JAMA s Clinical Evidence Synopsis, and an accompanying editorial, strongly suggest

Well, we can all rest a little uneasier today: thanks to a new EPA appointee, there will be a sudden and profound uptick in the environmental agency s integrity when evaluating research and formulating scientific policies. Not.

ACSH applauds the commonsense response of the American Board of Ob-Gyn in reversing their counterproductive stance on allowing their members to deal with male patients. It takes guts to admit error, and the Board members deserve our admiration.