The Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute

invites you to a breakfast forum

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

8:30 am - 10:00 am

With:

Elizabeth Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S.
President and Founder, American Council on Science and Health

On:

ACSH's book America's War on "Carcinogens":
Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk
(American Council on Science and Health, 2005)

Introductory remarks:

Robert M. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Director, Center for Medical Progress

United States regulatory agencies rely on high-dose animal testing as the gold standard for assessing human carcinogen risks.  But is this really the most scientifically valid, cost-effective approach?  Or, does it unnecessarily exaggerate risk factors and divert funds that might be more productively applied to identifying and battling real human cancer threats?

In a new publication by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), America’s War on "Carcinogens", over 50 nationally renowned scientists have called for a thorough reassessment of this practice.  In addition, ACSH has called on Congress to mandate regulatory reform to bring cancer risk assessment into line with scientific reality, and the National Cancer Institute to take the lead in assisting the media and consumers to distinguish between real and hypothetical cancer risks.

Using the most up-to-date research, detailed in America’s War on "Carcinogens", Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, one of the book's editors, will discuss the drawbacks of the animal testing system. She will also show us how the current regulatory approach compromises our understanding of cancer causation and slows the development of prevention technologies.

We cordially invite you to hear her informative and provocative presentation.

Harvard Club
27 West 44th Street
New York City

8:30 am - Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am - 10:00 am - Program 

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212-599-7000 Ext. 407

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