The ACSH released their “The Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares of 2008″ recently and with much anticipated expectation the press release was picked up nationwide by a surprising amount of folks. After which, it didn’t take long then for the release to reach third gear and then the real scream began.
This is what they wanted. The wackos came out in droves thus proving that the Scientists, by God, were the real truth givers and the new Gods for the new Age.
But who is the ACSH? According to SourceWatch they’re a front group but that alone doesn’t get us far. We need to actually know them in the Biblical sense.
According to SourceWatch: “The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) describes itself as “a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. The nucleus of ACSH is a board of 350 physicians, scientists and policy advisors - experts in a wide variety of fields - who review the Council’s reports and participate in ACSH seminars, press conferences, media communications and other educational activities. ACSH was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public.”"
Good enough until we discover that ACSH stopped disclosing its donors almost immediately after it was birthed. Information, rumors and otherwise, however, indicate that their donors read like a telephone book dedicated to big company, big pharm, and big anything else.
So here’s the top 10:
1. Phthalates pose health threat to children
2. Bisphenol-A linked to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes—just to name a few
3. Cell phones cause brain cancer
4. Coffee shrinks breasts
5. Toxic bras attack!
6. Pharmaceuticals can be found in our drinking water
7. Toxic toys remain on shelves through the holiday season
8. Vaccines cause autism
9. Dioxins found in Irish pork.
10. Granite countertops emit radiation
This list does a wonderful job of mixing the absurd with the true. But that is exactly what propaganda is supposed to do. It’s easy to believe that Phthalates are dangerous since there are numerous studies that prove they are. But wait a minute! Coffee shrinks breasts?! Whatever!!! And thus the evil has won. The choice seems like you can’t have one without the other. It’s like finding out that a politician has had psychiatric care–at that point there’s no sense in going on. Everything is lost. But the question is how does the ACSH defend their accusations?
1. “There is no evidence whatsoever—not even a hint—of health problems from phthalates in any consumer products used by children or adults…”
2. “There is no need for concern about the current, very low levels of human exposure to bisphenol-A from plastic bottles and other consumer products…”
3. “I was amazed to read that a physician made this warning…”
4. “a perfect example of junk reporting fueled by science…”
5. “…took issue with the inflammatory description of formaldehyde.”
6. “the dose makes the poison…”
7. “The toxic terrorists know exactly how to time these stories to get themselves at the top of the news…”
8. “While it is unfortunate that she has an autistic child, Jenny McCarthy is not a scientist…”
9. “This sort of food ‘contamination’ should not be confused with salmonella or E. coli, …”
10. “There was nothing constructive about this segment…”
Meanwhile, here I sit. 20 miles away the streams and rivers are flowing with transgendered fish and amphibians due to the chemicals that we’ve flushed down the toilet. But obviously this is a lie right? These transgendered fish don’t actually exist according to these scientists. They’re all a clever ruse developed by the Eco Freaks in desperate masturbatory attempts to further their goal of world domination. At the heart of this, and I can almost here the saying this, these green freaks are communists. It’s like the damn 60’s all over again and we won’t let them fuck with Nam now. But how to throw a wrench into the works?
Well, two things actually.
One, the American public is far more tame these days. We’ve succumb. And perhaps it was due to all of the coke from the 80’s coupled with the rampant psychosis of the 90’s but, whatever the cause, we’re compliant these days. Ready to easily be filed away into a role. Whatever you say scientist. Clearly you know more than me. I’m just a Hollywood Celeb looking for a cause to make me feel better. WTF? The issue is obfuscated in an almost elementary fashion. Blame others, blame panic, blame irresponsibiltiy, blame crusaders, blame the amount we consume but never actually present a study to say why the “unfounded myths” are unfounded. Of course, I expect nothing less from the god king Scientitst.
I vaguely remember a day told to me while sitting on my parents knee about how they almost did it. How they almost won during the 60’s. But here we are at yet another turning point in time. A new President is coming, hope abounds, the truth just might make is through this time but here we are–same old same old.
Fuck it. I don’t care. Smoke your cigarrettes, drink your poison, and have your damn cancer filled transgender babies. There’s nothing wrong with it you know? The Scientists told us.