RE: Who is ACSH? & Why are they discrediting claims of certain sy

Wilson, Dale (WILSONDO@phibred.com)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:41:34 -0500

Bunny,

I read the report and found it lucid, balanced, and well-documented.

http://www.acsh.org/publications/booklets/enddis.pdf

> Who is ACSH?

The ACSH board is mainly scientists and physicians. I took a random sample
of about twenty of the 250 ACSH board members and looked up their
publications. More than half have published extensively in peer-reviewed
journals, and appear to be productive scientists.

> In many of these cases, investigative journalists have already
> exposed direct connections between ACSH and its funders.

Could you be more specific?

> But in almost every instance, it takes little effort to discover
> which funder has a vested interest in supporting ACSH¹s message.

That doesn't mean their findings are wrong.

> Re-arrange the letters, just as ASCH has re-arranged findings
> in published studies, and you find ''CASH'' funded by vested
> interests.

What part of the report do you disagree with?

Dale

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