The case of Deborah Rice: who is the Environmental Protection Agency protecting?

Concerned that blood lead levels in an older child would not reflect early exposures, Needleman developed a method to evaluate discarded baby teeth (both teeth and bone accumulate lead) for a more accurate history of past lead exposure. The American Chemistry Council (ACC), a chemical industry trade...

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Published in:PLoS biology 2008-05, Vol.6 (5), p.e129-e129
Main Author: Needleman, Herbert L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Chemical Industry
Children & youth
Conflict of Interest
Deborah Rice
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Lead content
Lead poisoning
Oryza sativa
Phenyl Ethers - toxicity
Polybrominated Biphenyls - toxicity
Public health
Science - ethics
Science Policy
Studies
United States
United States Environmental Protection Agency - ethics
United States Environmental Protection Agency - organization & administration
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Summary:Concerned that blood lead levels in an older child would not reflect early exposures, Needleman developed a method to evaluate discarded baby teeth (both teeth and bone accumulate lead) for a more accurate history of past lead exposure. The American Chemistry Council (ACC), a chemical industry trade group, did not elect to contest the statements of the report; it chose instead to accuse Rice of bias against the use of deca and to pressure the EPA to dismiss her from the panel.\n Finally, science is regulated by organized skepticism: scientists do not accept the claims of a hypothesis unless both its methods and evidence have been rigorously vetted.
ISSN:1545-7885
1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060129