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Whose side are health advocacy groups on? Some of the most influential and vocal health experts belong to advocacy organizations such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the American Council on Science and Health. Who are they, and what do they stand for? Los Angeles Times, California. 4 July 2009. [Registration Required]
4 Senate Dems urge EPA chief to resign. Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 30 July 2008.
School bus company falsified emissions test data, suit says. Public-interest groups say the company nation's largest school-bus operator has falsified emissions tests on the diesel exhaust-belching vehicles and has failed to warn children exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, as required by California law. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 16 May 2007.
UC to review the tobacco industry's funding of research. James Enstrom, who studies the effects of smoking at UCLA's School of Public Health, receives money from cigarette makers. He has become a symbol for activists who hope to bar the practice. Los Angeles Times, California. 28 March 2007. [Registration Required]
Chemical agency ties under review. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has begun a review of ties between a federal health center that evaluates the risks of chemicals to reproductive health and a consulting firm funded by companies that produce chemicals linked to reproductive disorders. Los Angeles Times, California. 7 March 2007. [related stories] [Registration Required]
Public health agency linked to chemical industry. A federal agency responsible for assessing the dangers that chemicals pose to reproductive health has contracted much of its work to a company with close ties to the chemical industry, including manufacturers of a plastic compound linked to reproductive damage. Los Angeles Times, California. 4 March 2007. [related stories] [Registration Required]
Chromium industry hid cancer risks, report says. Scientists reported that the chromium industry and its consultants withheld and skewed data suggesting workers exposed to low chromium levels were dying from lung cancer. Los Angeles Times, California. 24 February 2006. [related stories] [Registration Required]
Bringing fresh air to this part of the sausage factory. Michael Fumento, the self-described "extremely pro-biotech" journalist who lost his syndicated column after Business Week revealed he'd solicited money from Monsanto, is mad at me. Los Angeles Times, California. Opinion, 3 February 2006. [Registration Required]
Key study on safety of chemical disputed. Five years ago, an industry-funded study concluded that small amounts of perchlorate had no effect on adults. That study became the linchpin of national policy. It is now under fire. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 3 June 2005. [related stories]
Tobacco industry research grants spur debate. Nearly four years ago, the University of California's Board of Regents smothered a controversy by barring the university from investing in tobacco, primarily due to health risks associated with smoking. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 27 December 2004. [related stories]
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