ACSH in the News (from October 2008-March 2009)

By ACSH Staff — Mar 31, 2009
•In March 2009, venues noting ACSH included TCSDaily, Marie Claire, Washington Times, Visalia Times-Delta, WKRC-TV, Bajo el Sol, Internal Medicine News, CongressNow, Wall Street Journal ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123724885435549329.html ), Calgary Herald ( http://www.calgaryherald.com/want+trans+fats+fascism+with+your+fries/139... ), Bipartisan Alliance, Heartland Institute, Paradigms and Demographics, the Vicki Mc

•In March 2009, venues noting ACSH included TCSDaily, Marie Claire, Washington Times, Visalia Times-Delta, WKRC-TV, Bajo el Sol, Internal Medicine News, CongressNow, Wall Street Journal ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123724885435549329.html ), Calgary Herald ( http://www.calgaryherald.com/want+trans+fats+fascism+with+your+fries/139... ), Bipartisan Alliance, Heartland Institute, Paradigms and Demographics, the Vicki McKenna radio show, Minnesota Daily, National Center For Policy Analysis, Reason, Atomic Insights, the Salt Institute,

•In Feburary 2009, venues noting ACSH included http://paradigmsanddemographics.blogspot.com/2009/02/some-resemblance-to... , KXMB-TV, West Seattle Herald, Conde Nast Portfolio, GruntDoc, Skeptico, Salisbury Post, Women's eNews, http://www.obgynnews.com/article/S0029-7437(09)70030-8/preview , WBOY-TV, Yahoo! Finance, Naturalnews.com, KSLA-TV, KAIT-TV, KLFY-TV, KBZK-TV, and WACH-TV, http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/24342.html, Journal News, http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/02/odds-and-ends-397... , and Staten Island Advance.

•In January 2009, venues noting ACSH included Hawaii Reporter, SmartBrief, Reader's Digest (Canada), Huffington Post, Heartland Institute, TierneyLab Blog at NYTimes.com, Hawaii Reporter, Medical News Today, Therapeutics Daily, Adweek, Clinical Oncology Week, Managed Care Weekly Digest, Cancer Weekly, Washington Times-Herald, Washington Times, Bipartisan Alliance, MSNBC, WCVB-TV, http://www.thebostonchannel.com/chronicle/18489287/detail.html, Investor's Business Daily, gocksfrocks.blogspot.com, and Consumer Reports ( http://blogs.consumerreports.org/money/2009/01/anticpsia-stories-increas... ).

•In December 2008, ACSH was noted by Environment & Climate News (on DDT) and by Global Warming Review Blog, Healthnewsdigest.com, Healthcare Intelligence Network, Fraser Institute, Kansas City Star, Washington Times, Treatment Plant Operator, and Culture Change Magazine,

•In November and December 2008, ACSH was noted by National Center For Policy Analysis, Cotton Gin & Oil Mill Press, Journal of Environmental Health, DOTmed Business News, CEI ( http://www.openmarket.org/2008/11/26/holiday-foods-and-natural-carcinogens/ ), Wall Street Journal ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122773022727860599.html ) and Wall Street Journal Asia, Southwest Voice, the Sunday New York Times, The Daily Advance, the International Herald Tribune, and the Post-Crescent.

•Dr. Elizabeth Whelan was interviewed by The Lew Rockwell Show on November 18, 2008.

•The November 11, 2008 piece "ACSH report examines the prevention and treatment of asthma" appeared on EVliving.com.

•ACSH's paper by Cutler and Pollycove on nuclear energy and health appeared on Dose-Response on November 10, 2008 ( http://dose-response.metapress.com/app/home/issue.asp?referrer=parent&ba... ) and was noted at http://www.nwmo.ca/Default.aspx?DN=c7a6eed4-c693-47aa-966d-8a0cbd252de0.

•The November 4, 2008 piece "Chemical in plastic raises issues" in Minnesota Daily cited Dr. Gilbert Ross.

•The November 2, 2008 piece "The Sick and the Well" from New West Network cited ACSH Advisor's John Dale Dunn's cautions about government healthcare reform plans.

•The October 30, 2008 Canadian Medicine piece "Halloween Health Scares Are Overblown...Mostly" ( http://www.canadianmedicinenews.com/2008/10/halloween-health-scares-are-... ) cited ACSH.

•In October 2008, the Post Chronicle article "Halloween Health Scares: Expert Dispels Fears" cited ACSH.

•The October 2008 KOAA (Pueblo, CO) piece "Fire retardant costumes may pose Halloween danger" notes ACSH as a counterpoint, and ACSH's defense of flame retardants was also noted by WNCN-TV, WWBT-TV, WAVY-TV, WSMV-TV, WRC-TV, KSDK-TV, KCRA-TV, KNSD-TV, KSNW-TV, KFOR-TV, KVOA-TV, KFOR-TV, KRNV-TV, WECT-TV, WGRZ-TV, WCAU-TV, WLWT-TV, WCYB-TV, WSAZ-TV, WAVE-TV, WHAS-TV, WLBZ-TV, and WPSD-TV.

•On October 24, 2008, newcasters Sue Simmons and Chuck Scarborough noted ACSH's comments on the safety of flame retardants.

•EatingDisordersBlog.com in October 2008 noted a piece by ACSH's Elizabeth Wade in its entry "Should college dining halls post calorie counts?" by Nancy Matsumoto: ( http://www.eatingdisordersblogs.com/nutrition/2008/10/should-college.html ).

•The October 22, 2008 piece "Influential U.S. lobby group leads charge for better nutrition in Canada: The Center for Science in the Public interest pushes for healthier foods, but some object to its tactics" by Joanne Chianello in The Ottawa Citizen noted ACSH as a different perspective on fat taxes.

•In October 2008, ACSH's criticism of organic food was noted by Advanced Mediterranean Diet Blog, GMO Pundit, and SellFarmer.com.

•The October 10, 2008 piece "Is Irradiated Food Nutritional?" on the Dr. Needles Medical Blog noted ACSH's defense of food irradiation.

•Dr. Gilbert Ross was quoted by the Heartland Institute in the October 2008 Environment & Climate News in their piece "Bisphenol-A Is Safe for Humans, Government Study Concludes" ( http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/2392... ), written by ACSH Advisor John Dale Dunn, whose pieces for them have also included "National Park Service Scientist Caught Spreading False Environmental Data," "Alarmist Claims Global Warming Causes Increase in Kidney Stones," "Biotech Makes Eggplants Resistant to Devastating Insects," "Complaint filed!" and more.

•Dr. Gilbert Ross was on the Hofstra's WRHU with host Ian Scotto on October 3, 2008 to discuss the myth about "Autism and Vaccines."

•SmartBriefs noted ACSH in its fall 2008 pieces "New York Health Department Targets Salt" and "Letter: Cosmetics Study Sounds Unnecessary Alarm."