William London has degrees in biology, geography, educational psychology, health administration, and (two degrees in) health education. For two years, he was the executive director of Regional Action Phone, Inc. of Batavia, NY, a private, nonprofit mental health agency providing telephone crisis intervention, information, and referral services. For ten years he taught health education at Kent State University. Among his courses were: Drugs and Health; Drug Education Programs; and Addictive Behaviors and Treatment Issues. Dr. London directed three school personnel training projects at Kent State that were funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Drug-Free Schools and Communities program. In 1986 Dr. London founded The National Council Against Health Fraud's (NCAHF), Ohio Division and was its president for seven years. He has also been the treasurer, vice-president, and president of NCAHF. Since 1991, he has been chair of the council's Questionable Addictions Treatments Task Force. From 1995 to 1997 Dr. London was the director of public health of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans to distinguish between real and hypothetical health risks, and to distinguish between leading causes of death and leading causes of unnecessary anxiety. Dr. London remains a member of ACSH's board of scientific and policy advisors. Dr. London is a former director of the Graduate Program in Health Care Management at the College of Saint Elizabeth. He is currently a faculty mentor in Walden University's Master of Science in Public Health Program. Dr. London writes and speaks about sensationalism, alarmism, and deception in advertising and publicity about health products, services, and controversies.

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