Re: Society of Environmental Journalists

[Guest guest]

how strange, I came across this link last night but the pdf files

blinded me and I couldn't read the letters. many items of interest

there. oversight.house.gov I was impressed by Mr. Waxman and the

oversight committee from what I could read. but it also made me more

scared of what our president is doing, or not doing.

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> This is from the Occ-Env.Med group

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> Submitted by Wallinga, MD

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http://notes.sej.org/sej/tipsheet.nsf/80c21fb7123767b586256cd0000f3f9

> 1/AE8F1D1844B6CC87862572B4000CFFDE?OpenDocument

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> Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

>

> TipSheet item

>

> EXCERPT as follows

>

> Publication date: Apr. 4, 2007

>

> CONGRESS PUSHES PROBE ON NIEHS DIRECTOR AS MAGAZINE LANGUISHES

>

> A House investigative subcommittee has launched a major probe into

> the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, putting

> its director under a cloud as the agency's world-renowned

> environmental health magazine remained in jeopardy.

> Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who chairs the House Oversight

> Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, and full Oversight Committee

> Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), sent a letter March 30, 2007, to

> NIEHS Director A. Schwartz, requesting a wide range of

> documents. They related not only to Schwartz's

> planned " privatization " of NIEHS' flagship magazine, Environmental

> Health Perspectives, but also to Schwartz's personal conduct as

> director.

>

> The letter was a blockbuster.

> [http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070402143212-08373.pdf]

>

> Allegations of waste, conflict of interest, political manipulation,

> and impropriety have swirled around the agency, which Schwartz took

> over as director in April 2005. The subcommittee's document request

> seemed calculated to resolve many of those allegations by either

> proving or disproving them with documentary evidence.

>

> One of several triggers for the probe has been Schwartz's

aggressive

> push to privatize, cut back, and reduce access to Environmental

> Health Perspectives, widely regarded as one of the most successful

> of U.S. scientific journals and a keystone in projecting NIEHS'

> stature as a global research leader. ...Many in the public health

> community fear that Schwartz's dogged efforts to cut the magazine

> are actually an effort to silence it.....

>

> ....... ....

>

>

>

> FURTHER SOURCES

> " ;Nominee For NIEHS Has Second Thoughts; Schwartz Says Conflict

> Rules Limit Recruiting, " Washington Post, March 30, 2005, by Rick

> Weiss.

> " ;Official To Accept NIH Position After Zerhouni Promises Looser

> Conflict-of-Interest Guidelines, " Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report

> via Medical News Today, May 20, 2005. See also " ;Doctor

Reconsiders,

> Will Take NIH Job, " Washington Post, May 18, 2005, by Dan Eggen and

> Rick Weiss with wires (scroll down).

> " ;Health Agency Watchdog To Re-Examine 103 Ethics Cases, "

Associated

> Press via San Diego Union-Tribune, March 29, 2007, by Rita Beamish.

> Previous Stories: WatchDogs of March 7, 2007, and Jan. 24, 2007.

>

[Guest guest]

at that site, click on investagations, katrina, enviro, health, cant

remember which ones I looked under but very interesting, even back a

few years.

> >

> > This is from the Occ-Env.Med group

> >

> > Submitted by Wallinga, MD

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http://notes.sej.org/sej/tipsheet.nsf/80c21fb7123767b586256cd0000f3f9

> > 1/AE8F1D1844B6CC87862572B4000CFFDE?OpenDocument

> >

> > Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

> >

> > TipSheet item

> >

> > EXCERPT as follows

> >

> > Publication date: Apr. 4, 2007

> >

> > CONGRESS PUSHES PROBE ON NIEHS DIRECTOR AS MAGAZINE LANGUISHES

> >

> > A House investigative subcommittee has launched a major probe

into

> > the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, putting

> > its director under a cloud as the agency's world-renowned

> > environmental health magazine remained in jeopardy.

> > Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who chairs the House Oversight

> > Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, and full Oversight Committee

> > Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), sent a letter March 30, 2007, to

> > NIEHS Director A. Schwartz, requesting a wide range of

> > documents. They related not only to Schwartz's

> > planned " privatization " of NIEHS' flagship magazine,

Environmental

> > Health Perspectives, but also to Schwartz's personal conduct as

> > director.

> >

> > The letter was a blockbuster.

> > [http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070402143212-08373.pdf]

> >

> > Allegations of waste, conflict of interest, political

manipulation,

> > and impropriety have swirled around the agency, which Schwartz

took

> > over as director in April 2005. The subcommittee's document

request

> > seemed calculated to resolve many of those allegations by either

> > proving or disproving them with documentary evidence.

> >

> > One of several triggers for the probe has been Schwartz's

> aggressive

> > push to privatize, cut back, and reduce access to Environmental

> > Health Perspectives, widely regarded as one of the most

successful

> > of U.S. scientific journals and a keystone in projecting NIEHS'

> > stature as a global research leader. ...Many in the public health

> > community fear that Schwartz's dogged efforts to cut the magazine

> > are actually an effort to silence it.....

> >

> > ....... ....

> >

> >

> >

> > FURTHER SOURCES

> > " ;Nominee For NIEHS Has Second Thoughts; Schwartz Says Conflict

> > Rules Limit Recruiting, " Washington Post, March 30, 2005, by Rick

> > Weiss.

> > " ;Official To Accept NIH Position After Zerhouni Promises Looser

> > Conflict-of-Interest Guidelines, " Kaiser Daily Health Policy

Report

> > via Medical News Today, May 20, 2005. See also " ;Doctor

> Reconsiders,

> > Will Take NIH Job, " Washington Post, May 18, 2005, by Dan Eggen

and

> > Rick Weiss with wires (scroll down).

> > " ;Health Agency Watchdog To Re-Examine 103 Ethics Cases, "

> Associated

> > Press via San Diego Union-Tribune, March 29, 2007, by Rita

Beamish.

> > Previous Stories: WatchDogs of March 7, 2007, and Jan. 24, 2007.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

All, this link does not work for me. Darlene

http://notes. sej.org/sej/ tipsheet. nsf/80c21fb71237 67b586256cd0000f 3f9

1/AE8F1D1844B6CC878 62572B4000CFFDE? OpenDocument

who <jeaninem660@...> wrote: at that

site, click on investagations, katrina, enviro, health, cant

remember which ones I looked under but very interesting, even back a

few years.

> >

> > This is from the Occ-Env.Med group

> >

> > Submitted by Wallinga, MD

> >

> > ----------------------------------------------------------

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> > -----

> >

> >

>

http://notes.sej.org/sej/tipsheet.nsf/80c21fb7123767b586256cd0000f3f9

> > 1/AE8F1D1844B6CC87862572B4000CFFDE?OpenDocument

> >

> > Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

> >

> > TipSheet item

> >

> > EXCERPT as follows

> >

> > Publication date: Apr. 4, 2007

> >

> > CONGRESS PUSHES PROBE ON NIEHS DIRECTOR AS MAGAZINE LANGUISHES

> >

> > A House investigative subcommittee has launched a major probe

into

> > the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, putting

> > its director under a cloud as the agency's world-renowned

> > environmental health magazine remained in jeopardy.

> > Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who chairs the House Oversight

> > Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, and full Oversight Committee

> > Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), sent a letter March 30, 2007, to

> > NIEHS Director A. Schwartz, requesting a wide range of

> > documents. They related not only to Schwartz's

> > planned " privatization " of NIEHS' flagship magazine,

Environmental

> > Health Perspectives, but also to Schwartz's personal conduct as

> > director.

> >

> > The letter was a blockbuster.

> > [http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070402143212-08373.pdf]

> >

> > Allegations of waste, conflict of interest, political

manipulation,

> > and impropriety have swirled around the agency, which Schwartz

took

> > over as director in April 2005. The subcommittee's document

request

> > seemed calculated to resolve many of those allegations by either

> > proving or disproving them with documentary evidence.

> >

> > One of several triggers for the probe has been Schwartz's

> aggressive

> > push to privatize, cut back, and reduce access to Environmental

> > Health Perspectives, widely regarded as one of the most

successful

> > of U.S. scientific journals and a keystone in projecting NIEHS'

> > stature as a global research leader. ...Many in the public health

> > community fear that Schwartz's dogged efforts to cut the magazine

> > are actually an effort to silence it.....

> >

> > ....... ....

> >

> >

> >

> > FURTHER SOURCES

> > " ;Nominee For NIEHS Has Second Thoughts; Schwartz Says Conflict

> > Rules Limit Recruiting, " Washington Post, March 30, 2005, by Rick

> > Weiss.

> > " ;Official To Accept NIH Position After Zerhouni Promises Looser

> > Conflict-of-Interest Guidelines, " Kaiser Daily Health Policy

Report

> > via Medical News Today, May 20, 2005. See also " ;Doctor

> Reconsiders,

> > Will Take NIH Job, " Washington Post, May 18, 2005, by Dan Eggen

and

> > Rick Weiss with wires (scroll down).

> > " ;Health Agency Watchdog To Re-Examine 103 Ethics Cases, "

> Associated

> > Press via San Diego Union-Tribune, March 29, 2007, by Rita

Beamish.

> > Previous Stories: WatchDogs of March 7, 2007, and Jan. 24, 2007.

> >

>

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