Plastics Making Kids Fat Nonsense

acshlogo“Is It A Blue Moon? Environmental Magazine Correct on Phthalates” by American Council on Science and Health.plastic_bucket_phthalates_150
So it is with an extra measure of satisfaction that we now describe not one, but two, studies apparently exonerating a favorite EHP target — the plasticizing chemical group, phthalates — as a causal factor in childhood obesity, published in EHP this week.  We here at the American Council on Science and Health have often — very often, in fact — taken issue with the academic pursuits published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. On the whole, its conclusions tend toward the chemophobic and alarmist, raising concerns over hypothetical and imaginary risks of environmental chemicals based on outrageously flawed studies.  Read more at Is It A Blue Moon? Environmental Magazine Correct on Phthalates – American Council on Science and Health

 

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