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This piece appeared in the New York Sun on December 22, 2005:

This column first appeared in the Courier News.

New York, New York -- May 25, 2007. Summer is a time for outdoor fun -- swimming, hiking, picnics and more. But unfortunately, it can also bring beestings, sunburn, boating accidents and an increased risk of food poisoning.

This letter appeared in the Boston Globe on May 22, 2007:

"Consumer-oriented magazines best ones for nutrition advice," says American Council on Science and Health.

February 12, 2007, New York, NY— Does anyone at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ever watch the PBS program “The News Hour?” They certainly should—on February 8 the program’s segment on food irradiation gave ample reason for the agency to approve irradiation of produce to kill illness-causing (pathogenic) bacteria.

A February 16, 2007 piece by Mike Hughlet noted Dr. Robert Adair's skepticism, expressed in a piece on ACSH's HealthFactsAndFears.com, about claims of cell phone radiation dangers:
Greenebaum is in the camp that thinks that while research hasn't shown phone radiation is a health hazard, he won't discount the possibility. "I never say never."
But there are skeptics who will say never -- such a discovery would be too contrary to the principles of physics.

This piece from our blog, HealthFactsAndFears, was reprinted January 21, 2007 in the Boca Raton News:

A December 20, 2006 article by Kara Sissell from Chemical Week notes ACSH's report on BPA:

This letter originally appeared in the New York Times on March 14, 2007:
To the Editor:
Restaurants are replacing butter with margarine (or vice versa in some cases)? Or with palm oil (which is worse, from a health perspective)?

A March 19, 2007 piece quotes ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross responding to hysteria over the chemical bisphenol A (BPA):
"The public belief in the 'low-dose hypothesis' is an example of the truism that people will believe something if it is repeated often enough,'' said Gilbert Ross, medical director of the American Council on Science and Health in New York.
"The scientific support for this concept is weak and unreliable and certainly should not be used to set public policy about environmental chemicals,'' Ross added.

This piece first appeared on HuffingtonPost.com.

This letter appeared in USA Today on July 23, 2007.
USA Today's list of top twenty-five medical events of the past quarter-century included one that is overstated and unduly alarmist ("Big dose of medical change," Money, July 16).

An interstate outbreak of botulism has occurred, comprising two cases in Indiana and two in Texas, with others under investigation in California, Hawaii, and Ohio. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has a posting dated July 30, 2007 describing the outbreak. It says that the illnesses are due to botulinum toxin type A associated with Castleberry's hot dog chili, and that this is the first outbreak involving a commercially canned product since 1974.

This series of dispatches gives readers a seat at the ACSH table every morning. In September, this opportunity to listen in on staffers' conversations and insight will be available only to donors.
You can become a donor at http://www.acsh.org/support/ or send a tax deductible donation to:
American Council on Science and Health1995 Broadway, 2nd floor New York, NY 10023
For questions, please call Jeff Stier at 212-362-7044 x225 or e-mail Tara McTeague at McTeagueT[at]acsh.org.

This article first appeared on TCSDaily.com.

Soon, this daily dose of ACSH staffers' conversations will be e-mailed to donors each morning, available online to the public at the end of that week.
You can become a donor at http://www.acsh.org/support/ or send a tax-deductible donation to:
American Council on Science and Health1995 Broadway, 2nd floorNew York, NY 10023
For questions, please call Jeff Stier at 212-362-7044 x225 or e-mail Tara McTeague at McTeagueT[at]acsh.org.

As they consider the new bill that would give the FDA the power to regulate cigarettes, Congress needs to take into account new information on nicotine dependence. According to a recent study published in the July edition of The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, nicotine dependence can occur in young cigarette smokers long before they begin to smoke daily.

A July 24, 2007 piece by Jeff Poor on the website of the Business & Media Institute notes ACSH's skepticism about attacks on soda:

A June 12, 2007 item on FoxNews.com noted a warning from ACSH's Krystal Wilson not to eat sand:

A September 5, 2007 article by Elizabeth Solomont notes the position of ACSH's Jeff Stier on how to increase organ donations:
Some have proposed financial incentives to promote organ donations. "A regulated system that creates incentives for donors, whatever those incentives may be, would save lives, reduce the shortages that promote the black market, and level the playing field," the associate director of the American Council on Science and Health, Jeff Stier, wrote in the New York Post last month.

November 23, 2007: Giving Thanks, Donations, and Dispatches
-- ACSH staffers (from their respective hometowns) hope everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving yesterday. (We also hope you shared your ACSH Holiday Dinner Menu with your family! If you did not request a copy, you can download one here.)

This column originally appeared in the New York Post.
Perhaps the disturbing allegation last week that a surgeon in California killed a patient to harvest an organ shouldn't be such a surprise, given the absurdly long waits for donated organs.

Soon, this daily dose of ACSH staffers' conversations will be e-mailed to donors each morning, available online later in the week.
You can become a donor at http://www.acsh.org/support/ or send a tax-deductible donation to:
American Council on Science and Health1995 Broadway, 2nd floorNew York, NY 10023
For questions, please call Jeff Stier at 212-362-7044 x225 or e-mail Tara McTeague at McTeagueT[at]acsh.org.