Holiday Meals Rife with (Safe) Carcinogens!
"Americans are still constantly bombarded with dire warnings"
Publish Date : Thursday, November 20, 2008
Scientists with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) point out that the foods that make up a traditional holiday dinner are loaded with "carcinogens": chemicals that in large doses cause cancer in laboratory animals. None of these chemicals are man-made or added to the foods. These "carcinogens" occur naturally in foods.   Read Full >>

Asthma from Every Angle: Examined by a Leading Pulmonologist
"Education is the cornerstone of asthma therapy"
Publish Date : Monday, November 10, 2008
New York, NY -- November 11, 2008. Over 300 million people around the world live with asthma, a chronic condition that causes airways to become inflamed and obstructs airflow to the lungs, often causing shortness of breath and wheezing. Diagnoses of asthma have surged over the past 25 years in most developed countries. Each day, 11 people die from the disease in the United States.  Read Full >>

Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes [status report] (from Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety)
Publish Date : Friday, October 10, 2008
We're pleased to report that over the twelve-month period ending in October 2007, ACSH's paper "Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes: A Review of the Safety Issues" by Ruth Kava, Ph.D., R.D., Manfred Kroger, Ph.D., and Kathleen Meister was the twelfth most popular download on the influential online journal Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.  Read Full >>

New "Genre" Editor Rips Himself Off (from Portfolio.com)
Publish Date : Thursday, October 2, 2008
An October 2, 2007 post at Portfolio.com criticizing editor Neal Boulton notes his magazine's poor ranking in ACSH's survey of nutrition reporting...  Read Full >>

Health Group Notes Benefits, Safety of Nuclear Energy
"[E]xaggerated fears are still circulating"
Publish Date : Wednesday, August 27, 2008
New York, NY -- August 27, 2008. Nuclear energy is the cleanest source of electrical power available today, according to an analysis by scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). Their main points are summarized in the brochure Nuclear Energy and Health: What's the Story?  Read Full >>