New York, NY -- December 4, 2006. As the New York City Health Department prepares to vote tomorrow on its proposal to reduce heart disease risk by banning the use of trans fatty acids (TFAs) in City eateries, one science group argues that it would be wiser to educate consumers about more important causes of heart disease -- and that even advising daily alcohol consumption would make more health sense than banning trans fats.

A December 2006 piece quotes ACSH's Dr. Ruth Kava on sugar substitutes:

The November 30, 2006 broadcast of the CBS Evening News featured ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan in a piece on the purportedly addictive power of food:

A November 29, 2006 piece by Julia A. Seymour of the Media Research Center's Business & Media Institute contrasts the scientific vindication of silicone breast implants with the fear of them in the media, noting the reaction from ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross:

This article first appeared on American.com.
The recent decision to allow silicone breast implants was a sadly unusual victory of evidence over fear for the agency.

This article appeared in the New York Post.
It's time to start the preparation for your multicourse serving of Thanksgiving chemicals.

A November 22, 2006 piece by S. Fred Singer in the Financial Post notes the author's ACSH Advisor status and his impatience with the misuse of science, even in a good cause:

A November 22, 2006 item on the website of the Heartland Institute features a response from Heartland's science director, Jay Lehr, Ph.D., responding to Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser's charge that Schlosser critics such as Heartland and ACSH are corporate tools:

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the blog Weird News BNI notes some sound wisdom about how unlikely you are to get cancer from chemicals in your food (a quote repeated in the November 23, 2006 Washington Post):
"We recommend that no one eat more than two tons of turkey -- that's what it would take to poison someone." -- Elizabeth Whelan, Amer. Council on Science and Health

This column first appeared in the Courier News.