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_027 P07 JUL 22 '94 14:00 5acksrQund Infarmagum-~- The Survep of the SePence Advisory Board of the Center for Indear Air Research by Majority Staff, Health and the F.nvironmeat Subcontaiiuee, Committee on Energy and Comtnerce, U.S. House of Representatives Tlm nter for Lndeor AAr Reseacek The Centcr for Indoor Air Research (C7AR) uras esrablithed in 19S8 by three tobacco mmp•anies, Philip Morrts US.A., &.J. lteynolds Tobacco CompaaK and Lorillard Corporation. Its mission is "to sponsor high quality researah an indoor aic {ssues" The chairman nf the Board of Direczors of QAR is Ales W. Spears of IarT7rd. The AR Sc an e dviggsy Bnard. CIAR ha5 established a nine-member "seiesice a8visoty baard" to establ'uh a research agenda and recowmend research•projects fa+r funding. A list of the members of the advisory boarC is exhibit 1. C7AR desrsibes its science advLsory board as a multWisciplinary group of individuais with reputatiom for espenise and scientiCu leadership in the disctpliaes relevant to iadoor air research." Actard3ng to CAR, each member of the science advisory board is an "sstiaeat scientist." See exhibit 2. T-~F e Survev. On July 6, 1994K the Sobcotamitteo sent each member of the CIAR science advisoty board a survey on the health effects of enviroamental tobacco smoke (ET5). The survey asked the members of the seience advisory board whether they agreed tbat EM is a human lung caroinogen, a seriotu and substantial public health threat to children, and a raupa of cardiovascutar disease and death. The survey also asked the tnetnbets whettter they agreed with specific risk estimates quantifying the numbei of ddaths and zi9tesaes esused by axposura to B1S, A copy of che suivey is exhibit 3. The Survey Results. Seven of the nine members of the seience advisoty board responded to the survey. A substantial consettsus emerged on two points: (1) suc of the seven members agt+eed ehat ET5 "prt'settts a serious and subsrantial public health threat to c7n7dren," and (2) five of the seven members agreed that E'I'$ ia "a human lung carcinogec."~'13ese answers coarradict the tobacco industy's assertion that E'F5 is not a health thoeat to nonsmokess. A copy of the survey resuits is exhibit 4.