This letter appeared in USA Today on July 23, 2007.
USA Today's list of top twenty-five medical events of the past quarter-century included one that is overstated and unduly alarmist ("Big dose of medical change," Money, July 16).

A July 23, 2007 piece on tighter ozone restrictions notes the skepticism of ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan:

New York, New York -- July 23, 2007. Scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) question the conclusions of a paper purporting to find an association between soda consumption and several health indices (Dhingra R, et al. Soft drink consumption and risk of developing cardiometabolic risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged adults in the community. Circulation 2007;116. 7/23/07).

A July 19, 2007 piece on ScienceBlogs.com by the blogger Orac criticized attacks on the Helena, MT study that implausibly claimed smoking bans cause immediate heart attack reductions. As it noted, we had a lot to do with the wave of criticism:
Some of these rants linked to an article published on the ACSH website by Michael J. McFadden and David W. Kuneman a week ago...

A July 19, 2007 piece by Lisa Jo Rudy notes ACSH's take on the dubious Dr. Wakefield who has championed the idea of vaccine-induced autism:
Dr. Andrew Wakefield is the British doctor whose work first presented the idea that the MMR vaccine could be linked to autism. Wakefield's work has been questioned for many years; now he is under investigation for alleged unethical behavior. According to the American Council on Science and Health...

This piece first appeared on July 18, 2007 in the Washington Times:
Could there be a man alive today who is virtually unknown to the vast majority of Americans yet is described by those who know his work and accomplishments as "the greatest human being who ever lived"? So it is for Dr. Norman Borlaug.

A July 18, 2007 piece notes a skeptical HealthFactsAndFears.com piece about the benefits of smoking bans and, while downplaying ACSH's constant warnings about the dangers of smoking, also says:

A July 17, 2007 piece notes ACSH Trustee Dr. Norman Borlaug receiving the Congressional Gold Medal (to add to his Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Peace Prize, and numerous other accolades):
Besides being a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Borlaug is also a founding director of the American Council on Science and Health, an organization that works to provide scientifically valid information to the media and consumers.

A July 17, 200y article by Eunnie Park noted an outside activity of ACSH's Jeff Stier:
Joel Kirshner was the kind of guy who would engage shy people at parties, cook for friends on the Sabbath, and break office policy to help a colleague in a bind.

A July 16, 2007 article by Andrew Mytelk describes Congress's award to ACSH Trustee Dr. Norman Borlaug: