THE NTP BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS ON
CARCINOGENS SUBCOMMETTEE MEETING:
A DIRECT ASSAULT ON KEY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

Preface by FORCES

According to a press release (NIEHS PR #25-98) "Some scientists in the final board review said they viewed the risk from environmental or second-hand smoke as slight, except perhaps in occupations or exposure circumstances where exposure to cigar, cigarette and/or pipe smoking is great."In fact, there was no convincing evidence of carcinogenicity for ETS presented.Several presentations found important defects in the epidemiology used to draw even a weak association for ETS and cancer.Despite this, the subcommittee voted unanimously 13-0 to list ETS as a known human carcinogen.

The meeting included outside presenters who given only five minutes to make a convincing argument for or against listing ETS as a "known human carcinogen."Members of the subcommittee had been given papers and research data approximately a month prior to the December 2-3 meeting.Despite this, it is evident in the transcript of the testimony, that some had not even bothered to read the material.

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The transcript that appears here is a word-for-word reproduction (including misspellings and typos) of the testimony and comments that were presented to the NTP subcommittee on the topic of environmental tobacco smoke.

In it you will find clear statements about problems found in studies that try to find an association between ETS and cancer.You will also find new research results that indicate realistic exposure to ETS results in a 'burden' of just six cigarettes per year -- an immeasurably small risk, if indeed it is any health risk at all.In addition, you will read the testimony of one James Repace, a paid anti-smoking activist, who proposes the idea that all the epidemiologists are wrong -- that 'true' levels of exposure can only be ascertained by comparing cases with an 'ideal' control group such as Seventh Day Adventists.This is a direct assault on key scientific principle that underlies all ethical research -- cases and controls should be as alike as possible, except for the risk factor involved. Yet, in a desperate effort to justify their decision, members of the subcommittee preferred to rely on Repace's unscientific and unsubstantiated conjecture rather than read the papers that had been sent to them in advance of the meeting.

We invite you to print this document and read it at your leisure.We have not been able to get copies of the transparencies and slides referred to in the testimony, but believe that the statements made by the presenters -- as well as the amazing comments by some subcommittee members -- speak for themselves.

Sadly, this is another case of forcing the facts to fit the conclusion.It undermines public confidence in the scientific process and exposes the members of this subcommittee to a justifiable charge of scientific misconduct and political corruption.

We urge you to write to members of the subcommittee as well as to your Congressional representatives to express your outrage at this corrupt scientific report.

National Toxicology Program
Board of Scientific Counselors'
Report on Carcinogens Subcommittee

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