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Publication Date: February 23, 2007

Cool Off on Health Scares (from the Washington Times)

Exploiting 9/11: Lawyers, Unions, "Scientists" (from the New York Post)

Good Science (from the National Post)

Will Obama's Former Smoking Impact Health? (from Politico.com)

ACSH's President Dismisses Harvard Health Letter's Condemnation of Plastic Products as Health Risks

Enjoy Summer Fun Safely: Health Group Offers Tips

Fighting a Virus Carrier (from the New York Times)

ACSH Applauds MN's Gov. Pawlenty for Resisting Chemical Ban

Scientists Honor Top Science Op-Ed Writer: Henry I. Miller

Chem-Phobia: A Phony Plastics Threat (from the New York Post)

Plastic Hysteria Strikes Again (from the Washington Times) UPDATED

Obama's Health (from HuffingtonPost.com)

The Real Scare-Mongers (from the Washington Times)

Paper Bags: Roach City (from New York Post)

Response to an Attack on "Conflicts of Interest" (from the Los Angeles Times)

"Conflict" Chills Research (from the Washington Times)

Claims of Industry Tampering with Science Are Overblown

Trench Warfare: How Plagues, Politics Nearly Sunk the Panama Canal (from the New York Post)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1720/healthissue_detail.asp

Sick Kids Misused in Smoke Ads (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1686/healthissue_detail.asp

Jumping Ship from the Rats (from the American Spectator blog)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1685/healthissue_detail.asp

Big Picture of Flu Vaccination (from the Los Angeles Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1684/healthissue_detail.asp

Anti-Chemical Hysteria (from the New Jersey Star-Ledger)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1683/healthissue_detail.asp

FDA Supreme, for Now (from the Washington Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1680/healthissue_detail.asp

Weakened Male Fertility Is Baseless Myth (from the Detroit News)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1681/healthissue_detail.asp

Allowing Personal Beliefs to Trump Public Health (from the San Diego Union-Tribune)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1679/healthissue_detail.asp

Neither Gods Nor Goo: Avoiding Both Utopian and Apocalyptic Forecasts for Nanotechnology (from Reason magazine)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1719/healthissue_detail.asp

"Safety" Insanity (from New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1678/healthissue_detail.asp

Hostages in the War Against "Chemicals" (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1677/healthissue_detail.asp

Scary Health Stories (from the Washington Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1676/healthissue_detail.asp

ACSH Advice: Do Not Worry About Health Risks from Baby Powder, Lotion, and Shampoo

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1675/healthissue_detail.asp

ABC's Autism Outrage (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1674/healthissue_detail.asp

What's "Normal" for Puberty? (from the Los Angeles Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1673/healthissue_detail.asp

ACSH Statement on New York Times Story Alleging That Tuna Is "Contaminated" with Dangerous Levels of Mercury

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1672/healthissue_detail.asp

Doc Frieden's Fried Voodoo (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1670/healthissue_detail.asp

The Science and Economics of Cholesterol Drugs (from MedicalProgressToday.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1671/healthissue_detail.asp

The Supremacy of Preemption (from TCSDaily.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1667/healthissue_detail.asp

Banning the (New) Lightbulb (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1666/healthissue_detail.asp

Scary Year (from the Washington Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1664/healthissue_detail.asp

Dr. Ruth Kava on Modern Food Processing

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1665/healthissue_detail.asp

Health Panel Names Year's Top 10 Unfounded Scares

http://acsh.org/news/newsID.1660/news_detail.asp

Toxic Toys: False Alarm (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1662/healthissue_detail.asp

Riskometer Tells You What News Stories Leave Out (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1661/healthissue_detail.asp

Health Group Ranks Large and Small Health Risks on New Website

http://acsh.org/news/newsID.1641/news_detail.asp

Perils of Global Warnings (from the Washington Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1646/healthissue_detail.asp

9/11 Health Hype (Media's Bogus Asthma Scare) (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1645/healthissue_detail.asp

Unnecessary X-Rays Should Be Avoided (But Which are Unnecessary?) (from TCSDaily.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1643/healthissue_detail.asp

Mourning TV's AM News (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1642/healthissue_detail.asp

Chemoprevention: The Latest Strategy in Reducing Breast Cancer Risk

http://www.acsh.org/news/newsID.1640/news_detail.asp

Mother Nature's Chemical Bounty

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1638/healthissue_detail.asp

Health Panel Finds All-Natural Carcinogens Galore in Holiday Dinner

http://www.acsh.org/news/newsID.1637/news_detail.asp

Secondhand Smoke Exaggerations Challenged (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1636/healthissue_detail.asp

Facing the Facts on Fat (from the New York Post)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1635/healthissue_detail.asp

Big Bucks (Yours) Fighting Bogus Health Risks (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1634/healthissue_detail.asp

A Steak in Causing Cancer? (from the Washington Times)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1633/healthissue_detail.asp

Danger Questionable (from USA Today)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1632/healthissue_detail.asp

Money, Fats, and Science (from the New York Times Blogs)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1631/healthissue_detail.asp

Interpreting Health Studies: Science Panel Offers Tips for Journalists

http://acsh.org/news/newsID.1630/news_detail.asp

Why Don't Scientists Speak Up When Science Is Distorted? (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1628/healthissue_detail.asp

Smoke & Mirrors: Butts, Lies, and Public Health (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1623/healthissue_detail.asp

Danger from "Superbugs" (from the Los Angeles Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1622/healthissue_detail.asp

A Cancer Non-Epidemic (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1621/healthissue_detail.asp

Of Cascades and Diets (from the New York Times)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1620/healthissue_detail.asp

Health Group Urges Reassessment of Asbestos as Human Health Risk

http://acsh.org/news/newsID.1619/news_detail.asp

Does Alcohol Cause Breast Cancer? (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1617/healthissue_detail.asp

Booze & Breast Cancer (from the New York Post)

http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1594/healthissue_detail.asp

Evista for Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: Better Late than Never, FDA (from MedicalProgressToday.com)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1595/healthissue_detail.asp

Shots Now Fight Future Flu (from the New York Post)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1593/healthissue_detail.asp

Drug Side Effects Up, But Benefits Up More (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1592/healthissue_detail.asp

Protect Yourself from Terrorism

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1591/healthissue_detail.asp

Hormones and Menopause (from the New York Times)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1588/healthissue_detail.asp

The Need for More Donors (from the New York Times)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1587/healthissue_detail.asp

Cigarettes More Dangerous than Smokeless Tobacco (from the Baltimore Examiner)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1589/healthissue_detail.asp

Organ Trading Is Not So Weird (from HuffingtonPost.com)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1586/healthissue_detail.asp

Ending Black Market for Organs (from the New York Post)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1585/healthissue_detail.asp

The Ups and Downs of Alternative Treatments (from the Wall Street Journal)

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1584/healthissue_detail.asp

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