Elizabeth M. Whelan

Elizabeth M. Whelan

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Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan is President of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) and a member of its Board of Trustees. She founded ACSH in 1978.

Whelan is a graduate of Connecticut College . She has a Masters in Public Health from the Yale School of Medicine a Master of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health , and a Doctor of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health .

Whelan is the author or co-author of twenty-three books on nutrition, smoking, and environmental issues. She has authored or co-authored over 300 articles for popular and professional publications such as Across the Board, Health Confidential, Journal of the American Medical Association, and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Post.

Whelan has many professional affiliations and honorary positions in associations such as Men and Women in Science, the American Institute of Nutrition, and the American Medical Writers Association. She has received many awards, including ones from the American Public Health Association and the American Institute of Chemists.

Blog Entries by Elizabeth M. Whelan

Hostages in the War Against "Chemicals"

Posted February 6, 2008 | 10:40 PM (EST)

If you are a parent (or grandparent) of a young child, you are a target for manipulation by activists who claim that we are surrounded by a sea of chemical "toxins" and "carcinogens." You are easy prey -- because you care so deeply about the health and welfare of your...
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Health Risks in Perspective

4 Comments | Posted December 17, 2007 | 05:17 PM (EST)

When it comes to distinguishing real health risks from trivial or simply bogus risks, American consumers have a great deal to learn. In the media, the real and the hypothetical risks get blurred -- or worse, the non-risks get so hyped that they sound like major causes of preventable disease...

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Big Bucks (Yours) Fighting Bogus Health Risks

5 Comments | Posted November 7, 2007 | 03:26 PM (EST)

An October press release from the Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Research announced that EPA is funding a handful of researchers to investigate the role of "environmental chemicals" in putting children at risk of disease. The press release says that "protecting health is one of the highest priorities...

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Why Scientist Don't Speak Up When Science is Distorted?

52 Comments | Posted October 23, 2007 | 06:20 PM (EST)

For years, friends and colleagues have asked me: why don't scientists speak up when the media hypes the latest health scare? They ask why scientists sit mute when self-appointed environmental activists claim there is a cancer epidemic (there is not) or that "chemicals" in products ranging from lipstick to rubber...

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Does Alcohol Cause Breast Cancer?

23 Comments | Posted October 8, 2007 | 04:44 PM (EST)

After last week's mega-coverage of the reported association of breast cancer and alcohol consumption, we at American Council on Science and Health received many queries -- some from very nervous women. Was the answer to follow an alcohol abstention program? After all, the news reports repeatedly said "any amount" of...

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