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Screen Shot 2014-04-29 at 12.38.34 PMThe always dead-on Trevor Butterworth once again hit the bullseye in his op-ed in Forbes.com. And in his unique way, he makes the perennial critics of BPA a component of the plastic that seals canned foods look rather foolish.

ACSH s Dr. Josh Bloom is in complete agreement: After reading this piece, it would seem rather obvious that the dozens of studies and papers on the...

Screen Shot 2013-12-23 at 1.10.07 PMIt is a pleasure to give a shout out to commentator par excellence and ACSH friend Trevor Butterworth.

In his recent Forbes op-ed Butterworth sticks his arm deep into the muck created by the mixing of science and politics, and comes up with a disturbing conclusion that there is a disconnect between what scientists think should be done in assessing risks (of chemicals, for example) and what really happens.

Butterworth s premise, based on a...

ACSH would like to tip its hat to Trevor Butterworth for his insightful op-ed, “Fear In A Can,” in The Daily. Unlike most media outlets who report on the dangers of bisphenol A (BPA), citing insignificant so-called studies, Butterworth actually examines the science behind the chemical. And what did he find? The German Society of Toxicology, the World Health Organization and the European Union’s Food Safety Authority all pored over thousands of studies and concluded that BPA is safe.

Butterworth then asks, “But do the U.S. media report what these critical reviews and risk assessments find? Overwhelmingly, no; instead, tiny studies that lead...

It s always refreshing to see a journalist stand up for sound science, especially since it so rarely happens. That s why we d like to make note of Trevor Butterworth s latest op-ed in Forbes. In it, Butterworth intelligently critiques New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff s hollow, politically driven campaign against chemicals.

Kristoff s latest column pits Big Chem against environmental activists, who are chirping yet again about the dangers of Bisphenol A (BPA). Yet Butterworth astutely points out how Kristoff reports only on studies from the very small environmental activist groups that always seem to find data against the use of BPA, no matter how flawed the source. He seems unaware of the many non-industry funded studies or regulatory agency...