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Health scare

Social phenomenon

Social phenomenon

A health scare can be broadly defined as a social phenomenon whereby the public at large comes to fear some threat to health, based on suppositions which are nearly always not well-founded.

In 2009, an ABC News article listed "The Top 10 Health Scares of the Decade": "Some of these threats turned out to be almost nonexistent. Others were arguably overblown. Some caused widespread harm." They listed the following scares:

  • Swine flu (H1N1)
  • Bisphenol A (BPA)
  • Lead paint on toys from China
  • Trans fats
  • Bird flu (H5N1)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  • Anthrax
  • Cell phones.

References

References

  1. (January 2010). "Health scares: Professional priorities". Health (London).
  2. Brownstein, Joseph. (7 December 2009). "The Top 10 Health Scares of the Decade". [[ABC News (United States).
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