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August 2010

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	The best source of useful and objective science on food and health is the American Council for Science and Health. —Terence Corcoran, columnist, The National Post (Canada)

Avastin shouldn't make the FDA give up on 'accelerated approval' of drugs (L.A. Times)
By Henry I. Miller and Jeff Stier. An important but obscure aspect of the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of drugs offers a mechanism for lifesaving medicines to quickly reach the marketplace without going through a time-consuming approval process. Read Full Article >>

Jeff Stier defends Pop-Tarts on CNBC
ACSH's Jeff Stier appeared on CNBC Aug. 10, 2010, to defend consumer choice and Pop-Tarts from anti-obesity crusader MeMe Roth. (A new Pop-Tart store is opening up in Times Square). Click to watch . Read Full Article >>

Vaccines: Do your homework (San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Drs. Gilbert Ross and Jack Fisher. As kids head back to school over the next few weeks, parents will be met with a bevy of papers. There are enrollment forms, permission slips, perhaps even a few credit card bills. Sadly, an increasing number of parents aren’t signing the most important piece of paper of all – their children’s vaccine form. Read Full Article >>

Unlocking The Genetic Secrets Of Autism
By Drs. Elizabeth M. Whelan and Henry I. Miller. Intense and even fanatical resistance to childhood immunizations is itself a significant public health problem, but a recent study of abnormalities in the DNA of children with autism spectrum disorders should finally put rest to claims that vaccines cause these conditions. Read Full Article >>

NY Times Reporter Honored For Activism Disguised as Journalism
By Jeff Stier. When journalists give an award to one of their own, you’d think they’d honor reporting that rises above that of others in journalistic quality. But that isn’t what happened when The Deadline Club, the New York branch of the Society for Professional Journalists, gave its Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting to The New York Times’ Charles Duhigg. Duhigg was the author of the series “Toxic Waters.” Read Full Article >>

Dr. Elizabeth Whelan on CNN's 'Toxic Childhood'
ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan debated Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, on the CNN special "Toxic Childhood." Click here to watch . Read Full Article >>

Vaccines are not just for children (from Contra Costra Times)
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. While it is customary for parents to make sure that their children get all the recommended vaccinations, many adults avoid getting their shots — and tens of thousands of people contract vaccine-preventable diseases each year as a result. Read Full Article >>

Haitian ‘Social Justice’ Groups Want to Burn Aid (From NRO)
By Jeff Stier. Four months after a devastating earthquake ripped apart their country, the people of Haiti are still suffering, so you’d think a multi-million-dollar donation of vegetable seeds would be welcome news. But two Haitian groups, backed by the activist group Grassroots International, are urging farmers to do the unthinkable: burn the donated seeds. Read Full Article >>

Bad Ads, Badder FDA (from Medical Progress Today)
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. No one wants misleading pharmaceutical advertising, but the Food and Drug Administration's plan to deputize doctors to police drug companies is a misguided effort. Read Full Article >>

Summer tips for 2010
As you plan for your summer vacation, what do you need to worry about? And what are the bogus scares? ACSH sorts through the bogus claims from the real dangers. Read Full Article >>

Chemicals, Cancer And Claptrap (from Forbes.com)
By Drs. Henry I. Miller and Elizabeth Whelan. President Barack Obama's cancer panel report is a travesty, a paragon of political correctness and unscientific, naive speculation and misinterpretation. Read Full Article >>

The truth about chemicals (from the Daily Caller)
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. We're witnessing an assault on science, as activists attack phthalates and other chemicals that have been used in household products for decades without evidence of human harm. Read Full Article >>

No oil spills with the nuclear option (from the Guardian)
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan and Dr. Henry Miller. Nuclear power is a safer, more environmentally friendly source of electricity. So why does the US still rely on coal and oil instead? Read Full Article >>

In Scientific Research, It's Full Disclosure for Thee, Not For Me (Townhall.com)
by Jeff Stier.  Activists who attack "industry-funded science" seem unconcerned about other conflicts of interest and potential sources of bias, as media coverage of a FDA-sponsored study last week showed. Read Full Article >>

Crying Wolf about 'Chemicals' and Cancer (from NRO's Critical Condition)
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. The President's Cancer Panel's recent report on the "environmental" causes of cancer is a scientific travesty constructed on a number of false premises. Read Full Article >>

President's Cancer Panel Reveals Activist Media are the Real Cancer (Daily Caller)
By Jeff Stier. A report by the President's Cancer Panel is based on highly exaggerated assumptions that fly in the face ofwhat the scientific community has established as the known causes of cancer. Read Full Article >>

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