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| December |
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| The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2010 |
| By Lana Spivak, M.S. |
| Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| December 29, 2010. Before we can officially commence the New Year, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would like to reflect upon this past year. We'd especially like to spend an extra moment considering what we hope the world will eventually learn to forget — the most unfounded health scares of 2010. |
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| November |
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| Health Panel Finds All-Natural Carcinogens Galore in Holiday Dinner Menu |
| Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK — Scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health analyzed the natural foods that make up a traditional holiday dinner — and have found that they are loaded with "carcinogens": chemicals that in large doses cause cancer in laboratory animals. None of these chemicals are made by man or added to the foods. Indeed, all of these "carcinogens" occur naturally in foods. But ACSH scientists have good news: these natural |
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| August |
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| Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Plasticizers |
| chaired by C. Everett Koop |
| Posted: Friday, August 6, 2010 |
| ACSH's A Blue Ribbon Panel Report: A Scientific Evaluation of Health Effects of Two Plasticizers Used in Medical Devices and Toys was conducted in 1999 and led by C. Everett Coop, the former surgeon general. The independent expert panel examined the use of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), two plasticizers used in flexible vinyl products. It found that DEHP, used to make medical devices, "is not harmful to even highly exposed people" and |
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| April |
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| Stimulus Spending Meets Bad Ideas (Washington Examiner) |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. It used to be that when the Federal government wanted to encourage states and cities to adhere to certain policies, they'd offer grants with strings attached. Today, however, all pretenses are out the window, and the Obama administration is taking taxpayer money and sending it directly to local governments and non-profits to lobby on behalf of nanny-state policies |
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| January |
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| Introducing ACSH |
| Posted: Friday, January 8, 2010 |
| The American Council on Science and Health is a leading research group devoted to separating bogus health scares from real dangers. |
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