We were interested to read in your article "Science council stands by director following exposé"

Dr. Gilbert Ross' statement that the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) bases all of its ideas on "sound science." We can't help but be skeptical when Dr. Ross consistently defends the manufacturing groups, which provide a significant amount of the council's funding.

In 2003, the US Consumer Products Safety Commission released a study linking the arsenic in pressure-treated wood to health risks such as bladder ...