Database Reveals Many Scientists' Links to Industry (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:38:02 -0400
From: Barbara Larcom <larcom@bcpl.net>
To: Maryland Greens <greens-discussion@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Database Reveals Many Scientists' Links to Industry


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Database Reveals Many Scientists' Links to Industry

LIFTING THE VEIL OF SECRECY:
NEW WEBSITE LISTS SCIENTISTS LINKS TO INDUSTRY

http://integrityinscience.org

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has posted on the Internet a 
database of
over 1,100 professors and scientists who consult for or have other affiliations 
with
chemical, gas, oil, food, drug, and other companies.  The web site also provides
partial information about nonprofit and professional organizations that receive
industry funding.  Both parts of the database will be regularly expanded in the
future.

The well-documented database is designed for activists, journalists, policy 
makers,
and others who are concerned about potential conflicts of interest. The 
database is
part of CSPI's Integrity in Science project, one purpose of which is to 
encourage
greater public disclosure of corporate sponsorship of science.

For further information, or to contribute to the database, contact Ron Collins,
ronc@cspinet.org, or 202-332-9110, ext. 322, or CSPI, Suite 300, 1875 
Connecticut Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20009.