Deniers:Organisations:American Council on Science and Health

 

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Contents 1 Details 2 Key Quotes 2.1 October 14th, 1997 3 Quotes 4 Key Deeds 4.1 October 14th, 1997 5 Deeds 6 Funding

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Website: http://www.acsh.org

1995 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-362-7044
Fax: 212-362-4919

ACSH's stated goal is to "bring common sense back into the public health debate." ACSH has more than 300 sicence and public policy experts on its advisory boards.

ACSH is interested in wide ranging issues, from tobacco to pesticides to climate change. With the exception of tobacco, ACSH usually takes the position that the environmental or health threat in question is not a serious risk.One of ACSH's early funding appeals was made directly to the Manufacturing Chemists Association (later called the Chemical Manufacturers Association and currently the American Chemistry Council). The March 16, 1978 board minutes show MCA director William J. Driver noting that ACSH founder and president Elizabeth Whelan had founded "a tax-exempt organization composed of scientists whose viewpoints are more similar to those of business than dissimilar... Dr. Whelan would be happy to hear from [MCA members who] are interested in the work of the council and know of possible sources of funds." (Dr. Whelan has a PhD in public health from Harvard). ACSH no longer routinely publishes the names of its funders, but over the years, corporate funders have included American Cyanamid, American Meat Institute, Amoco, Anheuser-Busch, Archer Daniels Midland, Boise Cascade, Chevron, Ciba-Geigy, Coors, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Exxon, Ford Motor Co., General Mills, General Motors, Kraft General Foods, National Agricultural Chemicals Association, NutraSweet Co. (Monsanto), Shell Oil, Union Carbide Corp., Uniroyal Chemical Co., and USX Corp. ACSH denies that its funders influence its policy positions. (ACSH website 3/18/04).

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[edit] Key Quotes

[edit] October 14th, 1997

"[I]f global climate change occurs as gradually as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted, policymakers can safely take several decades to plan a response, and scientists will have enough time to develp cost-effective and anti-climate-change strategies. Implementation of current proposals for mitigation measures--measures to stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--would be both costly and ineffective." Source:"Global Climate Change and Human Health," ACSH 10/97

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[edit] Key Deeds

[edit] October 14th, 1997

Published a position paper entitled "Global Climate Change and Human Health." The paper presents the argument that the possible public health threats posed by climate change are problems that already exist. ACSH advocates treating these health threats worldwide, rather than taking steps to prevent climate change. They argue that emissions regulations would have negative effects on developing countries' economies, which would therefore prevent public health improvements.
Source:"Global Climate Change and Human Health," ACSH 10/97

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[edit] Funding

Total funding to American Council on Science and Health from Exxon corporations since 1998: $US 125,000

2000 $25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation general support
Source:ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990

2001 $25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report

2002 $10,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report

2003 $25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

2004 $15,000 ExxonMobil FoundationClimate Change
Source:Exxon Giving Report 2004

2005 $25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2005 DIMENSIONS Report (Corporate Giving)

around 1990 $unknown Exxon Corporation
Source: Jan/Feb/March 1991 Greenpeace Mag.

around 1994, 1996 $unknown Mobil Foundationsomething about a $15,000 grant in 1997 Right Guide, but don't know what year it was given.
Source: 1997 Right Guide, 'Masks of Deception'

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