ACSH Carcinogens Breakfast at Manhattan Institute
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute invites you to a breakfast forum Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:30 am - 10:00 am With: Elizabeth Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S. President and Founder, American Council on Science and Health On: ACSH's book America's War on "Carcinogens": Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk (American Council on Science and Health, 2005)  Read Full >>

ACSH celebrates with Dr. Borlaug on his 95th birthday.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Last Wednesday, ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan and Dr. Gilbert Ross traveled to Dallas, Texas, to celebrate the 95th birthday of Dr. Norman Borlaug. “We were thrilled and honored to be counted among the 200 friends and relatives who gathered to celebrate Dr. Borlaug’s birthday and his many accomplishments, which include saving countless lives as the father of the Green Revolution and winning the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize,” Dr. Ross says.  Read Full >>

ACSH Experts on TV (2005)
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Saturday, January 1 - Saturday, December 31, 2005
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ACSH Experts on TV (2006)
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Sunday, January 1 - Sunday, December 31, 2006
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ACSH Experts on TV (2007)
Thursday, December 6 - Monday, December 31, 2007
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ACSH Experts on TV (2008)
Tuesday, January 1 - Thursday, March 6, 2008
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ACSH Films and Documentary
Big Fears, Little Risks
Monday, July 2, 2007
Many of us may feel helpless to protect ourselves against the onslaught of health threats reported in the news. It seems that almost every day we open a newspaper or turn on the news, a new carcinogen has been discovered in our food or environment that in high-dose animal studies has been shown to cause cancer. But does this necessarily mean that it is a risk to human health?This 1989 video documentary with Walter Cronkite is more timely now than ever before. As science advances to the  Read Full >>

ACSH Hosts Media Symposium on Harm Reduction, Part I
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
On June 26th the American Council on Science and Health assembled a distinguished panel of scientists in New York City to present a one day educational symposium for the media on the concept of harm reduction.  Read Full >>

ACSH Hosts Visitors from Japanese Agriculture and Health Ministries
Monday, July 17, 2006
At the request of the U.S. State Department, Dr. Ruth Kava, ACSH nutrition director, and Mr. Jeff Stier, ACSH associate director, met with representatives from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare...  Read Full >>

ACSH Presents the First Henry I. Miller Award
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The first Henry I. Miller Award for Excellence in Public Health Education was presented to Dr. Henry Miller Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Award luncheon, which took place at the Union League Club, was a huge success.  Read Full >>