American Council On Science And Health

TO PROVIDE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES THAT HELP CONSUMERS SEPARATE FACTS FROM FICTION ON IMPORTANT AND KEY ISSUES RELATED TO CHEMICALS, HEALTH, ENERGY AND FOOD.

ACSH ACHIEVES ITS MISSION THROUGH ONGOING GENERAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE: PRODUCING PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS; PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING A DAILY E-NEWS BRIEF AND FEED THAT PRESENTS ACSH'S SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT AND/OR EMERGING HEALTH-RELATED NEWS STORIES, EVENTS AND/OR MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS; PRODUCING INFORMATIVE VIDEO COMMENTARIES AND FILMS; WRITING OP-EDS, COMMENTARIES AND LETTERS-TO-THE EDITOR THAT ARE PUBLISHED IN LEADING NATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, POPULAR MAGAZINES AND/OR JOURNALS; HOSTING AN EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE AT ACSH.ORG THAT PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS OF CURRENT TRENDS AND STUDIES IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE, AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF ACSH SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; APPEARING ON RADIO AND TV TO DISPEL MYTHS AND CONFRONT CONTROVERSIES HEAD ON; CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH LIKE-MINDED INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS; PROVIDING ORAL AND WRITTEN TESTIMONY AT REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS AND FORUMS; HOSTING SOCIAL MEDIA PORTALS AND CHANNELS ON YOUTUBE, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2022 FISCAL PERIOD: 1) PUBLISHED 672 ARTICLES ON OUR WWW.ACSH.ORG WEBSITE. IN FY 2022, OUR WEBSITE HAD MORE THAN 2 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS AND MORE THAN 3 MILLION PAGE VIEWS. PUBLISHED MORE THAN 156 ISSUES OF OUR DISPATCH DAILY AND 51 ISSUES OF OUR WEEKEND DISPATCH EDITION E-NEWSLETTERS THAT ARE READ BY NEARLY 18,000.2) PROMOTED ITS SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS ON CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICS RELATED TO FOOD AND NUTRITION, CHEMICALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, BIOLOGY AND BIOTECH, HEALTH AND MEDICINE, HARM REDUCTION, DISEASE, NEUROSCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, PARENTS AND KIDS.3) PARTNERED WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH BROADER AUDIENCES, SUCH AS: ATLANTIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY, CATO INSTITUTE, CENTER FOR CONSUMER FREEDOM, THE CENTER FOR COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE, CENTER FOR TRUTH IN SCIENCE, COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, CONSUMERS' RESEARCH COUNCIL OF AMERICA, COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, PM 2.5 GROUP, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. 4) PUBLISHED NUMEROUS HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARIES IN MAJOR, POPULAR NEWSPAPERS AND ONLINE JOURNALS READ BY MILLIONS, SUCH AS THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE BALTIMORE SUN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, THE NEW YORK POST, THE CHICAGO-SUN TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, AND OTHERS. 5) APPEARED ON RADIO AND TV MEDIA TO PUBLICIZE ACSH'S SCIENTIFIC POSITIONS ON PROGRAM SUCH AS "THE BIG PICTURE SCIENCE SHOW ", FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL, CBS NEWS, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, "SMITH AND SABATINO SHOW", AND OTHERS. WE REACHED NEARLY 1 MILLION THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA SUCH AS TELEVISION, RADIO, AND PODCASTS.6) OUR EXPERTS MET WITH POLICYMAKERS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, WE TESTIFIED BEFORE AGENCY PANELS AND CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES INCLUDING: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S CLEAN AIR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE (EPA COMMITTEE HEARING), NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, AND OTHERS.7) PROMOTED ACSH'S CONCLUSION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT REACH MILLIONS OF ONLINE USERS VIA ACSH.ORG WEBSITE; OUR ACSH DISPATCH E-NEWS BRIEFS; THE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATIVE VIDEO COMMENTARIES ON ACSH YOUTUBE CHANNEL "MATTER OF FACTS;" FACEBOOK PAGES (THE GENERAL ACSH.ORG PAGE AND OTHERS RELATED TO VACCINE AND IMMUNIZATIONS, FRACKING, EATING WITHOUT FEAR, WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND HELPING ADDICTED SMOKERS.) WITH MORE THAN 125 MILLION DIRECT REACH AND 13 MILLION ENGAGEMENTS; AND TWITTER, OUR TOTAL REACH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA WAS MORE THAN 125.5 MILLION.8) LAUNCHED OUR NEW ACSH SCIENCE DISPATCH PODCAST SHOW HOSTED BY ACSH DIRECTOR OF BIO-SCIENCES CAMERON ENGLISH. IT IS RELEASED WEEKLY AND FEATURES 30-MINUTE AUDIO INTERVIEWS WITH ACSH EXPERTS ON CURRENT TOPICS AND EVENTS. THE SHOW IS DISTRIBUTED FREE-OF-CHARGE ON POPULAR PLATFORMS SUCH AS SPOTIFY AND ITUNES WHERE LISTENERS CAN SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE THE WEEKLY EPISODES.9) RELEASED AND DISTRIBUTED AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE CLASSIC 1989 ACSH DOCUMENTARY FILM, BIG FEARS, LITTLE RISKS. ORIGINALLY HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY NEWSCASTER WALTER CRONKITE, THIS NEW CONTEMPORARY VERSION FEATURES MATTY CARDAROPLE (STRANGER THINGS) AS HOST TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING DR. BRUCE AMES AND DR. PAUL OFFIT, AS THEY GIVE VIEWERS A CRASH COURSE ON WRONGLY VILIFIED TECHNOLOGIES. THE TAKE-HOME MESSAGE ONCE AGAIN: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION OFFERS US THE BEST CHANCE OF ENDING A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS, FEEDING THE WORLD, AND REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE.THE THREE LARGEST PROGRAMS USED TO PROMOTE ACSH'S SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDE:1. ACSH'S EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE AND E-NEWSLETTER ACSH DISPATCH ARE OUR TWO MOST IMPORTANT DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLES. ACSH.ORG LOGGED MORE THAN 5 MILLION VISITORS, NEARLY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF VISITORS LAST YEAR. OUR WEBSITE HOSTS ALL ACSH PUBLICATIONS, BROCHURES, DISPATCH ARTICLES, ACTIVITIES, POSITION STATEMENTS AND CONTENT, WHICH ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD. CONTENT ON ACSH.ORG IS UPDATED DAILY.2. ACSH'S MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH STRATEGIES, PORTALS AND PLATFORMS CONTINUE TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY, SUCH AS FACEBOOK (WE'VE INCREASED OUR LIKES, SHARES, AND COMMENTS), TWITTER (OUR ACSH ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS ARE UP SLIGHTLY), AND YOUTUBE (30 TO 40 PERCENT OF OUR VIDEOS GET BETWEEN 3,000-10,000 VIEWS, PLACING THEM IN THE TOP 20 PERCENT OF VIDEOS WORLDWIDE). ACSH DISPATCH, OUR ELECTRONIC E-NEWS BULLETIN PROVIDES REGULAR SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE MOST CURRENT, URGENT, BREAKING HEALTH NEWS, EVENTS, STUDIES AND/OR TECHNOLOGIES ALSO SLIGHTLY INCREASED ITS SUBSCRIPTIONS. IN ADDITION, WE REACHED NEARLY 1 MILLION THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA SUCH AS TELEVISION, RADIO, AND PODCASTS. 3. MAINTAINING AN AGGRESSIVE DIRECT TO CONSUMER OUTREACH PROGRAM BY MAIL THAT PROMOTES ACSH RESEARCH (THROUGH LIST SHARING AND EXCHANGES WITH LIKE-MINDED INSTITUTIONS) TO INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR WORK, AND THEREBY BUILDING A LARGER AUDIENCE. TOTAL REACH WAS MORE THAN 20,000.