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Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert H. Finch has ordered his department to destroy any blacklists barring scientists for political reasons from positions as HEW consultants...
...York Times reported Monday that 45 scientists-including five from Harvard, nine from Yale, and M.I.T. Nobel Laureate Salvatore E. Luria-have been placed recently on a blacklist for the National Institute of Health (NIH). In addition, 48 scientists have been blacklisted by HEW for several years, the article said...
...HEW Under Secretary John G. Veneman said in Boston yesterday that Finch has sent a memo to HEW departments ordering immediate destruction of any such lists. At the same time, Veneman denied that HEW has any official blacklist policy...
Metabolic Variation. As the reason for his ban, Finch cited new evidence that cyclamates cause cancer in animals. At the same time, he emphasized that there is as yet "no evidence that they have indeed caused cancer in humans." HEW, he said, was being prudent, and will now check other food additives to see whether they may be harmful to human health...
...cyclamates, ordered by HEW Secretary Robert Finch last week, might hit millions of weight-watchers in the waistline, but it is a real body blow to the rich diet-food industry. In the 20 years since cyclamates were discovered, sales of products containing the nonnutritive sweeteners have risen to $1 billion annually. An estimated 21 million pounds of cyclamates will be consumed this year. The biggest manufacturer, Chicago's Abbott Laboratories, figures that cyclamates account for 4% of its sales, which were $351 million last year...