ot: toxins & cancer: industry funding manufactures uncertainty - !!!!

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Comment:

Hereinbelow is the Url for the newly published study delineating the

process of hirelings who manufacture uncertainty as a way to sustain the

profitability of patented toxic-molecules. The operational

principle seems to be, Injuries to human health are NOT a reason to

curtail toxin profiteering.

The CDC's diluting of thimerosal data, the CDC's pre-purchasing of an IOM

conclusion clearing thimerosal, the IOM's decree that thimerosal research

ought not be done, the FDA's suppression of adverse data about Vioxx -

these instances are examples consistent with the tobacco industy's

suppressing of cancer data. As history lessons make clear again and again,

when an orthodoxy (eg, better living thru chemistry) reigns supreme,

corruption in high places becomes commonplace.

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*Summary by EHN*

Swedish researchers report that Sir Doll, co-author of a

famous paper minimizing the role of chemicals in causing cancer,

failed to disclose his industry funding for work on vinyl chloride, dioxin

and phenoxy herbicides in papers published that were relevant to industry

interests. According to the Swedish researchers, documents they have

unearthed reveal that Doll had a longterm financial relationship with

Monsanto from the 1970s to the 1990s, worth up to a thousand pounds a day.

He also took money from Dow, ICI and the American Chemistry Council. The

researchers provide examples of other scientists who failed to disclose

financial interests.

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The analysis of Hardell et al by Our Stolen Future is well worth reading:

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Industry/2006/2006-1103hardelletal.html

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*Study available*

Secret ties to industry and conflicting interests in cancer research.

Hardell, L, MJ , B Walhjalt, LS Friedman and ED Richter. 2006.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, in press.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/113451325/ABSTRACT

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The google search

" american chemistry council "

provides clues.

However, on behalf of the Council and its owners, let us remember that

causes of the various epidemics remain mysterious.

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The American Chemistry Council is a top trade association representing

North American chemical manufacturers. ACC represents represents nearly

150 companies and has a $100 million budget. The group spent more than $2

million on lobbying in 2003.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Chemistry_Council