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Scientists see echoes of tobacco industry tactics in plan to overhaul EPA's public health rules

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This concept of targeting the transparency of the scientific process 'first appeared in tobacco industry documents in the 90s,' Gretchen Goldman, the research director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Newsweek. 'It was never about transparency.'

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to limit what scientific evidence can guide public health regulations echoes tactics used by the tobacco industry to invalidate science regarding the tobacco industry, scientists toldThe EPA plans to require scientists to disclose all raw data before the agency considered a study's conclusions,Monday.

"It is critical to our overall goal that EPA not be allowed to change the forum into an industry-by-industry examination. Equally important, the process should not devolve into 'outdoor air' interest seeking to shift the focus to 'indoor air' interests," said the 1996 note, prompted by concerns that the EPA would soon re-evaluate policies relating to environmental tobacco smoke.

 

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