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The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) is a think tank concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. ACSH is guided by a board of 350 physicians, scientists and policy advisors - experts in a wide variety of fields. ACSH was founded in 1978 by scientists who had become concerned that many policies related to health and the environment did not have a scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason ...