Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares

The media plays such a big role in our lives and has gotten us fearful over everything from the foods that we eat, water that we drink to the vaccines that we are given. Well, according to Dr. Elizabeth Whelan from the American Council on Science and Health the top 10 health scares in the last year that have been unproven are:

1. Deadly lead in lipstick - the tiny amounts are harmless
2. Fluoridated water jeopardizes your health - it promotes dental health
3. Red meat and processed meat increases cancer risk - meat is fine in a balanced diet
4. Chemicals used in Teflon cause low birth weight babies - the variations in weight are too small to draw these conclusions
5. Nitrites in cured meat cause lung disease - super high exposure in rats to a related chemical may cause cancer, not humans
6. Roses contain toxic pesticides - smell the roses don't eat them
7. Rubber duckies are toxic to kids - just another attempt to frighten parents
8. Vaccines cause autism - many studies have proven small traces of vaccine preservative aren't harmful to children
9. Office printers are as hazardous as second hand smoke - they are only compared in that you can randomly link smoke and printer particles together as "pollution"
10. Water bottles cause cancer - virtually no trace of the relevant chemicals leaches into your water

The American Council on Science and Health advises that all should remain calm and skeptical of these unfounded health scares. For further information you can access the website to see more on these unproven health scares at www.acsh.org. Are you convinced?

Resources:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570328?src=mp