Dispatch: Burn for Greens, Smoke for Kids, Rise for Thinness, Die without Shots
This piece first appeared in the New York Post on February 4, 2010 and was excerpted in the February 1
ACSH in the Media on The Lancet's Retraction
Recommended Reading ACSH staffers were pleased to read two reports from thinktanks addressing the panic fomented by activist groups concerning trace levels of chemicals in our consumer products and our bodies.
Patting Themselves on the Back The latest issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine features a letter by ACSH's Dr. Ross about a report in the journal praising New York City's restriction on trans-fats in restaurants.
Dr. Ross on NY1 ACSH’s Dr. Gilbert Ross lent his expert opinion to NY1 for their report on “sin taxes” and the soda tax currently being proposed for the state of New York. You can watch the video here while the link lasts.
Dr. Whelan in Medical Progress Today
The following brief commentary appeared on the Manhattan Institute's MedicalProgressToday.com, along with similar reactions to the "conflicts of interest" debate from Richard Epstein, ACSH Trustee Dr. Thomas Stossel, and others.
A Brief Glimpse of Todd For those of you who want to catch a glimpse of ACSH's elusive Todd Seavey, look for John Stossel's new show tonight at 8pm (EST) on Fox Business Network. Seavey can be seen briefly in the final segment, defending snack consumption as an audience commenter.
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has now firmly established itself not as an institution for higher learning, devoted to educating students about the science of preventing premature disease and death, but instead as a hotbed of pseudoscience and political agitation.
