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In a hard-hitting essay, Paul Driessen accuses Greenpeace and its Big Green accomplices of being threats to the health and economic well-

If you are looking for someone who is perfectly suited to interact with, provide guidance to, or simply scream at the FDA regarding their disastrous policies for clinical trials of new antibiotics that have put all of us as risk look no further than Dr. Shlaes first Science 2.0 piece.

In the Toronto Star Olivia Ward cites the Council, but only as a nonsensical counterpoint to a loving endorsement of the Natural Resources Defense Council in her advocacy against the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and anything else that keeps energy for poor people at reasonable cost.

Last year we at ACSH were instrumental in getting the village of Ocean Beach, located on Long Island, to overturn its decades-old chemophobic policy of refusing to participate in the mosquito control program that was routinely used in most of Long Island, as well as wide areas of New York City.
We were prompted to do so after ACSH friend Jim Capuono a six year survivor of colon cancer nearly died from West Nile encephalitis, which he contracted from mosquitoes while vacationing in Ocean Beach in August, 2012.

According to information in a recent study, the data on the effects of testosterone injections on men s cardiovascular health have been mixed, with some reports finding an increased risk of heart attack (MI) and stroke, and others not doing so.

Dear anti-GM food aficionados,
We are warning you that it may be time to stock up on your Whole Foods vegan-burgers and kale because civilization has now taken one more step toward the extinction of all healthy foods on earth.
The latest culprit? The banana from hell.
In fact, this product is SO awful that it will provide deadly vitamin A to the many selfish Ugandans who would prefer not to die from a deficiency of the stuff. They have some nerve.

A small study conducted by the National Institutes of Health shows bone marrow transplantation as an effective means to treat severe sickle cell

Denmark s political agenda against endocrine disrupting phthalates brought to a halt by the authorities of the EU. Wiser heads prevail, unusual over there, but there is no solid evidence that phthalate plasticizers are harmful.

With each new day, it seems that there is another food ingredient some consumer group wants us to be scared of, but where do these fears actually come from? A group of researchers from Cornell University sought to find these answers. They conducted a survey of about 1000 mothers

Survey says: the overwhelming majority of Ob-Gyns don t discuss toxic chemicals with moms-to-be. The activists spin: Most Ob docs are not up on these risks. Really? Maybe not as up as EWG!

This year, our country has seen the highest incidence of measles 16 outbreaks and almost 500 reported cases since the year 2000 when the infection was declared eradicated in the

In 2012 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) promoted annual screening pelvic examinations for non-pregnant women over the age of 21. This recommendation was reaffirmed in 2014.On the other hand, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recently reviewed the efficacy of such screening exams, and recommended against them ...

The FDA approved a new therapy last week to improve blood sugar control in patients with diabetes primarily type 1 (insulin-dependent). The drug, Afrezza, is a novel short acting insulin formulation administered by

The CDC releases stats on tobacco use in U.S. (The teen survey was reported 2 weeks ago). Cigarette smoking remains a major problem for over 40 million Americans, while officials foolishly, futilely seek to quash their potential salvation, e-cigarettes.

The latest news on 3D mammography, tobacco use decline, and why not a smartphone app for genetically modified products?

California s drought has many impacts especially on agriculture. As Dr. Henry Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution (and former ACSH Trustee) points out, the anti-GMO crowd is making the situation worse.

To:
Center for Tobacco Products
Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0189
From:
The American Council on Science and Health

Can we turn down the heat while turning on the light on the controversial issue of labelling (or not) GMO food products? Maybe: just use your app! An idea endorsed by two recent USDA secretaries and the NY Times Andrew Revkin and it makes sense! Will the anti-GMO crusaders agree? (hint: doubt it).

In 2012 the FDA warned parents against using products containing the local anesthetic benzocaine to relieve their infants teething pain. Today the agency extended that advisory to viscous lidocaine another local anesthetic.

Dr. Gilbert Ross in the Washington Times, June 27, 2014.
The premature death of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn has brought the issue of chewing tobacco use

Two new studies show that sudden-onset strokes are often provoked by the relatively common heartbeat irregularity, atrial fibrillation. If short-term cardiac monitoring fails to detect it, 30-day testing is required. Anticoagulation can be lifesaving.

A new warning about the dangers of acne medicines is enough to make you break out into a rash. It is all over the news. Here are a few representative headlines:
"Acne products can cause dangerous side effects, FDA warns"
"FDA: Acne products can cause severe allergic reactions"
"FDA Warns Of Life-Threatening Reactions With Acne Products"

Bloomberg has published a decent piece on the death of Tony Gwynn but, like their namesake, the former mayor of New York City, can't help injecting personal opinion and calling it evidence.

A pancreatic cancer diagnosis most frequently indicates poor prognosis it has among the worst 5-year survival rate of all cancers which

The supplement industry, an industry which we have written about numerous times, is a $30 billion industry, with more than half of Americans taking some form of supplement. However, as David Seres, ACSH friend and