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Background To determine whether a chemical poses a cancer risk to the population, two issues need to be assessed:

If the media tells you a group of chemicals is dangerous, be skeptical. The compounds in question may indeed be harmful, but there's a good chance they're reasonably safe and make our lives better.

“Rise in heart disease may be explained by extreme weather conditions,” ABC News reported last week.

As a new dad, there's no one I love more than my son. I want to protect him from danger, raise him with the right values, and, more basically, feed him safe, nutritious food.

Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and chemistry Cameron English and Dr. Josh Bloom as they break down these stories on episode 15 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

Over the weekend, I took my family to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. My wife and I loved going as kids, and now that we have a young son, we were eager to watch him experience it for the first time.

I have to give credit where credit is due. The activists at EWG know how to write excellent headlines.

Like most people, I harbor a set of pretty standard concerns: paying bills, balancing work and family life, and protecting my son from crazy people who “identify” as

One of the best ways to sustain your bad ideas is to surround yourself with people who think just as you do. Like a cult member who only associates with other true believers, you're effectively cut off from outside scrutiny.

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