SocraticGadfly: EPA conflict of interest investigation could take years

March 18, 2008

EPA conflict of interest investigation could take years

Yeah, just a bit of snark there, but if you look at the laundry of conflicts of interest, it’s not total snark.
• An employee of Exxon Mobil Corp., who served on an expert panel assessing the cancer-causing potential of ethylene oxide, a chemical also made by Exxon Mobil.

• A participant in a panel examining the risk to humans from a widely used octane enhancer in gasoline, who was employed by an engineering company working with makers of the chemical and major oil and chemical companies.

• A scientist who served on a panel examining the health impacts of ethylene oxide, a component in various industrial chemicals, who received research support from Dow Agro, one of the chemicals' manufacturers.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

And, I’m shocked — shocked, I tell you that E-XXX-on Mobil is involved with conflicts of interest.

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