The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

4196.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 2:30 PM

Abstract #71290

Politics of Science

Michael Green, MS, MPP1, Alise M. Cappel1, Bruce Jennings, PhD2, Ignacio H. Chapela, PhD3, and Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH4. (1) Center for Environmental Health, 528 61st Street, Suite A, Oakland, CA 94609, 510-594-9864, mgreen@cehca.org, (2) Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, California Legislature, 1305 Kaiser Road, SW, Olympia, WA 98512, (3) Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California - Berkeley, 334 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room 8511, Baltimore, MD 21205

This session will explore the impact of corporate and industry influence on scientific research and public policy decision-making. The panelists will present several case studies that illustrate how undue corporate influence can interfere with objective scientific analysis and undermine efforts to have honest, balanced science guide public health policy. Following the presentations of these case studies, the panelists will then discuss remedies to safeguard the public’s health.

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Keywords: Environmental Health, Public Health Policy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Environmental Health and Policy: The politics of science

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA