America's War on "Carcinogens": PRESS CONFERENCE

By ACSH Staff — Jan 26, 2005
Today, the American Council on Science and Health releases the book America's War on "Carcinogens": Reassessing The Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk (see: http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.990/pub_detail.asp ), revealing what scientists have long known but regulators ignore: that there is no scientific basis for assuming that everything that causes cancer in lab rodents in high doses is harmful to hum

Today, the American Council on Science and Health releases the book America's War on "Carcinogens": Reassessing The Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk (see: http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.990/pub_detail.asp ), revealing what scientists have long known but regulators ignore: that there is no scientific basis for assuming that everything that causes cancer in lab rodents in high doses is harmful to humans in small doses.

At 1pm Eastern (an hour after the actual event begins) on January 26, 2005, you can find footage of our DC press conference unveiling the book at this URL: http://www.cato.org/events/050126bf.html