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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800080 size=2><SPAN
class=000440213-19042007>This is taken from a mailing from Environmental Working
Group. No wonder we just can't get traction on this
issue...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<H3 class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Government consultant gets the pink slip</FONT></H3>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Last Friday, in response to </FONT><A
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target=_LMbrowse><FONT face="Times New Roman">an EWG
investigation</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">, the government fired a
conflict-ridden industry consulting firm, Sciences International (SI). SI is no
ordinary science-for-hire company. For the past eight years, SI was actually
running the federal center that decides whether or not chemicals pose
reproductive risks to people. At the same time, SI boasted of more than 50
chemical company clients, many of whom made the chemicals under scrutiny by the
SI-controlled federal center.</FONT></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">After the L.A. Times publicized </FONT><A
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target=_LMbrowse><FONT face="Times New Roman">the EWG
investigation</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"> on March 7th, powerful
Congressional leaders like Representative Waxman and Senator Boxer demanded
answers. Immediately, SI was suspended and a formal inquiry was launched. The
result? A pink slip.</FONT></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">But sending SI home is only the first step toward safer
chemical reviews. What's to keep the National Toxicology Program (NTP) from
replacing one conflicted contractor with another? Certainly not a conflict of
interest policy——because they don't have one.</FONT></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">EWG will continue to push for a transparent process for
exposing and dealing with government and corporate conflicts of interest. We are
also demanding a full review of the 19 other chemicals Sciences International
has analyzed for the government since 1998. </FONT><A
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target=_LMbrowse><FONT face="Times New Roman">Read about it in the Washington
Post.</FONT></A></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We appreciate your support of the EWG team that makes
these victories happen.</FONT></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</FONT></P>
<P class=LMMessageBody-2638139200704181355047101059505352><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Richard Wiles<BR>Executive
Director</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#008000 size=2><STRONG>Pete
Pasterz</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#008000><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma>C</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>abarrus
County Recycling/HHW</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#008000 size=2>Concord,
NC</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#008000 size=2>(704)
920-3280</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#008000
size=2><STRONG>papasterz@cabarruscounty.us</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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