A July 5, 2006 column by Sidney Zion criticizes the Surgeon General for exaggerating secondhand smoking risks and quotes ACSH:
A July 5, 2006 column by Sidney Zion criticizes the Surgeon General for exaggerating secondhand smoking risks and quotes ACSH:
Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health, is also a longtime opponent of smoking. But to her, the idea that a 30-second exposure to secondhand smoke can kill -- as says the surgeon general -- is "outrageous." "It violated the basic tenet of toxicology: 'Only the dose makes the poison.'"
But who cares for dosage, when the ends justify the means, and political correctness rules the world.
