When it comes to science about your health, the Financial Post of Canada turns to the industry-funded American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) as its guru. In its "3rd Annual Junk Science Week," the Financial Post defends "smog, genetically modified foods, business, government & science, pesticides & diesel." Yum. For the real dope on ACSH, read PR Watch, vol. 5, no. 4.

The Christian Science Monitor quotes industry mouthpiece Steven Milloy in defense of the Bush administration's decision to scrap regulations limiting arsenic in drinking water. "Over the last 40 years, and accelerating over the last 20, science has become very political in Washington," Milloy complains. Somehow the Monitor fails to mention that Milloy himself is a Washington policy wonk, not a scientist, who spends his days politicizing science and harassing researchers in defense of corporate polluters.

The controversial Channel One Network, which broadcasts programming directly into 400,000 secondary school classrooms, is partnering with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Partnership for a Drug Free America, National Association of Secondary Principals, and the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign to form the "Coalition to Empower Teens" campaign. Channel One pledged to donate ten percent of its advertising time to public service announcements that "address the issues of underage drinking, prevention of school violence, illegal substance abuse, and mental health awareness."