First the good news: the European Union has approved six biotech corn varieties for import, although it still isn't allowing the cultivation of genetically-modified crops.
"When I read this I was really shocked," says ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. "Most of Europe is so against biotechnology."

Legal Newsline yesterday quoted Dr. Ross's October 2009 Forbes.com column in an article that describes how EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson has drawn fire from two sets of people — those who accuse her of being too close to activists, and others who says she's too friendly with industry:

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed with only chest compressions is just as effective — or perhaps moreso — as CPR that includes mouth-to-mouth breathing, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Med

The millions of people taking calcium supplements to strengthen their bones may be increasing their risk of a heart attack, a study in BMJ has found.

The House Republicans yesterday blocked a Democratic plan to provide $7.4 billion in funding to rescue workers and recovery workers who have since fallen ill — or even those who might fall ill at some indeterminate time — even if there was no evidence their ailment was related to the dust at Ground Zero.

Grocery retailers across the country are jumping aboard the nutritional bandwagon and offering customers greater advice on their dietary choices, The Wall Street Journal reports. Using a scoring system developed by NuVal LLC, owned by Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., foods get a score between 1 (low in nutrition) and 100 (really healthy) based on calorie content and the presence of more than 30 nutrients including proteins, fat and carbohydrates.

After U.S. officials reported an alarming 400 percent increase in the number of Americans treated for prescription painkiller abuse over the last decade, the state of Washington has decided to take matters into its own hands. It’s developing regulations prohibiting physicians from prescribing high doses of painkillers to patients who are unlikely to benefit from them, but are likely to abuse them.

New York City health officials are taking on a new fight, and this time, it’s against bedbugs. A top entomologist will spearhead the city’s public awareness campaign against these pesky critters, which are estimated to have invaded the homes of one of every 15 New Yorkers last year.

Upon reading that the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is suing the FDA over their alleged failure to regulate “toxic” chemicals found in antimicrobial soaps, ACSH staffers couldn’t help but again wonder when all the chemophobia madness will end?