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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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| Vaccines: Do your homework (San Diego Union-Tribune) |
| By Gilbert Ross, M.D., and Dr. Jack Fisher |
| Posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 |
| 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. |
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| Unlocking The Genetic Secrets Of Autism |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., and Dr. Henry I. Miller |
| Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| 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. |
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| Jeff Stier defends Happy Meals on CNBC |
| Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| ACSH's Jeff Stier discussed the Center for Science in the Public Interest's threatened lawsuit against McDonald's for including toys with Happy Meals on CNBC's Power Lunch June 23, 2010. Watch here. |
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| NY Times Reporter Honored For Activism Disguised as Journalism |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| 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.” |
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| Haitian ‘Social Justice’ Groups Want to Burn Aid (From NRO) |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010 |
| 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. |
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| On Earth Day, praise BPA (The Daily Caller) |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. |
| Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. In the 40 years since the first Earth Day, the “Green Movement” has migrated far beyond the prevention of polluted lakes and streams and emissions from coal-burning plants to take on scientifically-shakier targets: allegedly harmful substances in food and consumer products. |
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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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| March |
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| 9/11 Junk Science (from the New York Post) |
| Health Claims Lack Evidence |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. On Friday, the judge in the Ground Zero health-claims case tossed out the recent settlement agreement, citing concerns that the deal wasn't fair to plaintiffs. Yet the fact remains that there is no credible evidence in the medical literature that exposure to Ground Zero dust can cause any chronic disease or condition... |
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| Conflict of Interest (from Medical Progress Today) |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. |
| Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. The pharmaceutical industry is a powerful innovative force, both in the creation of new life-saving technologies and the underwriting of academic medical research. Yet there is now a sweeping "conflicts of interest" movement aimed squarely at curtailing academic-industry collaboration in biomedical research... |
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