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When Washington Post reporter David Brown called the Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) a few weeks ago, he was looking for an impartial opinion of a recently released government report on human exposure to certain toxins. His story quoted the HCRA's spokesperson, David Ropeik, who said the study showed only the presence of toxins but not an actual hazard...
According to Collins, the HCRA is on the CSPI's list of "sinners," organizations that his group tracks that take large sums of money from industry sources. These groups, he says, more often than not put out studies that are favorable to those corporations...
This incident is just another episode in the controversy surrounding the HCRA and its founder and director, Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences John D. Graham, who was tapped by President George Bush to head the powerful Office of Management and Budget...
After learning that the HCRA receives considerable funds from industry, Brown promptly wrote a letter to Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Barry R. Bloom...
According to Bloom, much of the work done at places like the HCRA or at the HSPH would not be done if not for support from industry...