Dr. Felsot on pesticides, in DC and on TV
Type : ACSH In The News
Publish Date : Wednesday, January 18, 2012
In an interview on Wednesday with E&E TV, Dr. Allan Felsot discussed the role of pesticides in allowing us to supply the world’s population with food and keep people healthy...   Read Full >>

Politics has overtaken science at the EPA (The Daily Caller)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Dr. Gilbert Ross. Science depends on rigid observation and independent replication. So what happens when government bureaucrats — seeking to promote a political agenda while acting under the guise of protecting the environment and public health — systematically subordinate sound scientific principles to their own goals?   Read Full >>

Junk Science Week: Toxic terrorists ignore organic food threat (Financial Post)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, June 15, 2011
By Gilbert Ross. A respected newspaper notes the latest toll among Europeans of a virulent strain of the bacterium E. coli, the source of which has recently been determined to be sprouts from an organic farm in Germany. In the same newspaper, a few pages distant, a credulous journalist has in essence copied and pasted another press release from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a U.S. activist organization, warning us yet again about the traces of pesticide residues on their so-called “Dirty Dozen” list of fruits and vegetables.  Read Full >>

The Hijacking of Earth Day (The American Spectator)
A Further Perspective
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, May 11, 2011
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. The last weekend in April saw the confluence of Earth Day and World Malaria Day. The very first Earth Day back in 1970 found many of us devoted to saving the world from polluting corporations and their toxic smog. And in fact, over the course of the next two decades or so, major strides were made in cleaning up our air and water.  Read Full >>

Scared to Death
How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health
By Jon Entine
Type : Book
Publish Date : Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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 legislators, industry, media, consumers and parents on the actual risks of chemical exposure and use in everyday products. THe book addresses scientific realities and dispels unfounded fears regarding the safe use of chemicals. The position paper and resource book brings research to light that illustrates how little evidence-based support exists for Chemophobia.        Read Full >>