The blog of the Washington Post on January 5, 2009, posted an item by Jennifer Huget noting ACSH's picks for the previous year's biggest health scares:
That story's just one of 10 health stories from 2008 identified as "hoaxes" by the American Council on Science and Health, a nonprofit group of scientists and physicians that advocates a common-sense approach to maintaining good health.

A well-controlled, randomized study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that ginkgo biloba does not actually improve memory or brain function.
"This should be the end of the discussion on ginkgo biloba, but of course it won't be," says ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. "Look at homeopathy. There hasn't been a single study that proves that it works or has any benefit to anyone, and yet billions are spent on it each year."

Another British news outlet, the Times Online, has a much saner article about debunking health myths that are propagated by celebrities. For example: "Heather Mills, former model: '[Meat] sits in your colon for forty years and eventually gives you the illness you die of. And that is a fact.' Melita Gordon, gastroenterologist at the University of Liverpool: 'Meat proteins, like all other proteins, are digested by enzymes, and absorbed in the small bowel before they ever reach the colon. Any indigestible matter is...expelled.'"

An article in the British newspaper The Independent declares, "The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming, and the progressive urbanization of the planet."

A New York advisory council largely composed of "environmental" activists has created a list of eighty-five chemicals that they want state agencies to avoid buying because they are allegedly dangerous. The council also wants $9 billion in annual state purchasing power to help rid the marketplace of "toxic chemicals and carcinogens."

A January 2, 2009 piece by Timothy W. Martin on labeling intended to indicate healthier food choices quotes ACSH's Jeff Stier:

This piece first appeared in the Washington Times.

Introduction

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the nation during the Great Depression, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Try telling that to Americans who read the media headlines in which a new or recycled health scare appears almost daily. In their latest roundup, scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) describe the genesis of 10 of the most outrageous health scares of 2008 and explain that they have little or no basis in scientific fact.

New York, NY. December 2008. It’s understandable that Americans might pay less attention to protecting their health than in the past, given the economic uncertainties these days. But it’s more important than ever to make efforts to improve and safeguard one’s health and well-being during times of stress. To assist Americans in doing so, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) presents twelve health-related resolutions.