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January 9, 2001
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Nanny Bashing

The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) blasts the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) for its continued complaining about the removal of saccharin from the federal "carcinogen list." ACSH speculates that CSPI is concerned that saccharin could be the first of many alleged carcinogens cleared. "Is CSPI afraid that common sense and science will prevail and drown out their frequent, strident warnings about alleged poisons and carcinogens in our food?"

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