The Shame Of
America's "Public Health" - ACSH's
Dr. Ross published a caustic attack in Science 2.0, condemning the pervasive
crusade by health officials, academics and NGOs against e-vapor products,
harming America's 43 million smokers - and their own ethics. Read more.
Crazy Joe Mercola
Is Behind The "Times" - ACSH's Dr.
Josh Bloom writes in Science 2.0 in response to a column in the New York Times'
Style section last week discussing the potential health hazards of the Apple
Watch. Columnist Nick Bilton is in way over his head with this one. Read more.
Dr. Dean Ornish
inveighs against high protein diets in NYTimes op-ed
- High protein, high carbs, low fat: which is the best? The latest input
on the diet wars comes from Dr. Dear Ornish in The New York Times, who doesn't
like the latest trend in theoretically healthy diets. Read more.
"Fast food
ban" in South LA doesn't curb obesity - No surprise - "The
solution" to the obesity epidemic doesn't involve limiting fast food
restaurants. A ban on the opening or remodeling of stand alone fast food
restaurants was not associated with improvements in health or weight of
residents. Read more.
Kudos to the FDA
for approving new apples and potatoes - The
FDA followed science in approving new genetically engineered apples and
potatoes for sale in the United States. Anti-GMO activists are sure to react,
but their fear-mongering is out of whack with reality. Read more.
Obama
administration issues fracking regulations for Federal land - The Obama DOI announced rules aimed at
regulating Fracking on federal lands. Some "environmentalists" say
they are too lax, but the basis of their concerns is unclear, given the safety
of the process over the past five decades. Read more.
Angelina Jolie's
decision to remove ovaries and fallopian tubes was the right one—for her - Angelina Jolie recently decided to undergo a
procedure to remove both her ovaries and fallopian tubes. Her decision was
based on her unique situation, but women must consider their own personal
circumstances rather than follow her lead. Read more.
On GMOs, is it He
Said, She Said? No: she's an honored scientist, he's a cookbook writer with a
vegan bent - Exploiting the baseless
designation of the herbicide glyphosate as a "probable" carcinogen,
Mark Bittman rants against his favorite bugaboos: all chemicals, and GMOs.
Compare his blather with Dr. Nina Federoff's calm, solid Congressional
testimony. Read more.
Energy drinks should not be sold to children or adolescents, says study -
Evidence suggests that energy
drinks can expose children to an unsafe amount of caffeine. A new review
suggests that these drinks should only be marketed to adults in order to reduce
their dangers to children. Read more.
The CDC in cahoots
with the CA "health" dept. ramps up its anti-e-cig propaganda - Another set of expensive campaigns, funded by
your government's tax dollars, aimed at falsely demonizing e-cigs and keeping
smokers afraid to try them. Result: CDC and CA spending your money to kill
smokers. Read more.
Radical
environmentalist groups continue to rail against DDT, killing millions - Over 800,000 individuals die each year from
malaria. DDT has the potential to save many of these lives, yet radical
environmentalist groups continue to deny people this life-saving chemical based
on disinformation and lies. Read more.
FDA warns consumers
against homeopathy - The FDA is cracking down on homeopathy. The agency just
issued a warning against using homeopathic remedies to treat asthma, and has
(at last) scheduled a hearing to scrutinize the "evidence" behind
these products. Read more.
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