LA Times EPA dismisses environ. advocate toxicologist for conflicts of interest

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Outspoken scientist dismissed from panel on chemical safety

Deborah Rice, an award-winning toxicologist, was removed from a group of

experts researching a widely-used flame retardant after industry lobbyists

complained that she was biased.

By Marla Cone, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

February 29, 2008

Under pressure from the chemical industry, the Environmental Protection

Agency has dismissed an outspoken scientist who chaired a federal panel

responsible for helping the agency determine the dangers of a flame retardant

widely

used in electronic equipment.....

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