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acsh.org == industry front group

• gotocake 8y ago
  It really is, but it can be helpful to do more than just claim something, and rather back it up a bit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Council_on_Science_and_Health#Accusations_of_industry_influence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Council_on_Science_... In 1979, the information director of the FDA said, "Whelan just makes blanket endorsements of food additives. Her organization is a sham, an industry front."[31] In 1980, ACSH co-founder Frederick J. Stare was chairman of ACSH's Board of Directors and sought funding from US tobacco company Philip Morris USA for ACSH's activities, stating that he believed financially supporting ACSH would be to Phillip Morris' benefit.[26][27] In the early 1990s, ACSH decided to stop reporting its funding.[32] Their 1991 report shows that many corporations contributed funds.[32] In 1982, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer advocacy group, published a report on ACSH's practices that stated, "ACSH seems to arrive at conclusions before conducting studies. Through voodoo or alchemy, bodies of scientific knowledge are transmogrified into industry-oriented position statements."[33] CSPI director Michael F. Jacobson said of ACSH, '"This organization promotes confusion among consumers about what is safe and what isn't.... ACSH is using a slick scientific veneer to obscure and deny truths that virtually everyone else agrees with."[34]
  • trimble 8y ago
    You're right - thank you for adding this
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• distant_hat 8y ago
  Ioannidis is independent of acsh. You can directly go to his op-ed in JAMA. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2698337 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/26983...