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| November |
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| Pesticides and Health |
| By Allan S. Felsot |
| Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Year in and year out, agricultural pesticides have been the subject of considerable fear-mongering, leaving the typical consumer with the impression that these chemicals taint much of our food supply and are harmful to human health. In fact, just the opposite is closer to the truth. The published scholarly literature has failed to turn up evidence of adverse human health effects from use of modern pesticides in the real world. Furthermore, in light of the current economic |
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| Pesticides in Perspective |
| By William Kucewicz |
| Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Year in and year out, agricultural pesticides have been the subject of considerable fear-mongering, leaving the typical consumer with the impression that these chemicals taint much of our food supply and are harmful to human health. In fact, just the opposite is closer to the truth. The published scholarly literature has failed to turn up evidence of adverse human health effects from use of modern pesticides in the real world. Furthermore, in light of the current economic |
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| Chemophobia Cluster at the Natural Resources Defense Council |
| By American Council on Science and Health |
| Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| A new report published today by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) counters claims by an environmental activist group that chemical exposures have led to numerous “disease clusters” throughout the country. |
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| February |
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| Whatever Happened to AIDS? |
| How the Pharmaceutical Industry Tamed HIV |
| By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D. |
| Posted: Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| New York, NY, February 14, 2011 – A new publication released today by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), Whatever Happened to AIDS? How the Pharmaceutical Industry Tamed HIV, explains the central role played by the pharmaceutical industry in transforming AIDS from an inevitably fatal illness to a chronic, manageable disease. This story is largely untold. |
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| January |
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| Scared to Death |
| How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health |
| By Jon Entine |
| Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
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In response to the growing level of chemophobia -- the irrational fear of chemicals -- among the American public, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) announces the release of its new position paper, Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health, authored by Jon Entine, a scholar with the American Enterprise Institute and highly regarded science journalist. ACSH compiled this resource book to educate |
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| Celebrities Vs. Science |
| Posted: Monday, January 3, 2011 |
| January 3, 2011. We value movie stars and musicians for their entertainment value, not their scientific expertise. But when they weigh in on important issues pertaining to human health and get things wrong, it is important to set the record straight. Scientists affiliated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) do just that. In the second edition of Celebrities Vs. Science, they respond to one celebrity doozy of a comment at a time.
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