Re: [sickbuildings] GoozNews, Continued Conflicts Of Interests In Federal Science Advisory Boards.

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I suggest that you watch the below on Statins (mold and bacteria derived anticholesterol drugs) and brain damage. The conflicts run deep. As an example do a Google search on Statins and Aspergillus tereus. A. tereus is a common contaminant in WDB. I have case of severe myopathy in a 43 year old woman where A. tereus was present along with Penicillum spp and S. chartarum. Dr. Blaylock who is featured in the below utube is no on the quack list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZk4lEsU140 Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Ph.D.Toxicologist/Immunotoxicologist/Fetaltoxicologistwww.drthrasher.orgtoxicologist1@...Cell: Lee Crawley, M.ED., LADCTrauma Specialistsandracrawley@... - Cell"The ultimate success of a truth depends not on the many but on the perseverance and earnestness of the few".Emma GoldmanThis message and any attachments forwarded with it is to be considered privileged and confidential. The forwarding or redistribution of this message (and any attachments) without my prior written consent is strictly prohibited and may violate privacy laws. Once the intended purpose of this message has been served, please destroy the original message contents. If you have received this message in error, please reply immediately to advise the sender of the miscommunication and then delete the message and any copies you have printed. Thank you in advance for your compliance. [sickbuildings] GoozNews, Continued Conflicts Of Interests In Federal Science Advisory Boards. FYI, as elections get closer looks like we may be experiencing a little back slide in disclosure of conflicts of interest affecting Federal science & health policies. _http://gooznews.com/?p=3521_ (http://gooznews.com/?p=3521) “Lack of disclosure undermines the credibility of the advisory committee process and undermines public trust in the fairness of the regulatory process,†Dr. Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, told the Journal. The process is further undermined if the agency skirts its own rules to placate critics on Capitol Hill" "The latest scandal was turned up by investigative reporters for the British Medical Journal, where many of the studies outlining the risks from birth control pills first appeared. Their report, which appeared earlier this week in the _Washington Monthly_ (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2012/01/the_yaz_men_members_of_fda_pan034651.php) , revealed that at least three obstetricians/gynecologists on the committee had financial ties to Bayer. Not only that, the FDA knew about the financial conflicts of interest and didn’t tell the public. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday followed up with some juicy details about the ties between some of the researchers and Bayer. For instance, Dr. a Hillard, an obstetrics professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, attended two meetings sponsored by the company in 2010 to help it deal with the blood clot controversy, and was paid “less than $10,000†for her efforts, the paper reported. She, like the others named in the Monthly article, voted to keep the pills on the market. So where does Capitol Hill come in? Last October, Senators Bennet (D-Co.), Burr (R-N.C.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced legislation that would loosen the FDA’s conflict of interest policies. The ostensible goal? To speed up the review of medical products. That legislation followed statements by FDA Commission Margaret Hamburg that the agency was having difficulties finding people without conflicts of interest to serve on its 55 committees. The FDA, like every federal agency, is forbidden from appointing scientists with conflicts of interest to its technical advisory committees. However, the law allows exceptions. If the agency needs that particular person’s expertise, it can grant a waiver as long as it is disclosed to the public. It can also waive the conflict if it is considered too minor to actually affect a person’s judgment. Unfortunately, the law does not specify what is considered “de minimus.†$50,000? $5,000? $500?" Merrill's Disclosure: "Time for some personal disclosure: I spent five years during the 2000s as a public interest advocate lobbying to ban the use of scientists with conflicts of interest on federal advisory committee"