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RE: Opinion Editorials on Indoor Air Quality and Junk Science

Abstract

Attaches articles by and biographies about Dr. Fred Singer and Dr. Dwight Lee, respectively. Notes that both have authored articles on junk science and indoor air quality, and that attached materials reflect those issues. Article by Singer accuses EPA of taking "extreme positions not supported by science," and cites alar and dioxin as examples. Calls on the EPA to "adhere to the established rigorous standards of peer-reviewed, published research." Some information in Singer biography is redacted. Lee article accuses EPA of approaching IAQ and sick building syndrome in a "piecemeal" fashion. Claims that little scientific evidence links adverse health effects to poor indoor air quality. States that EPA is attacking ETS, despite NIOSH findings that "correcting ventilation problems. . . Can reduce indoor air problems more quickly and extensively than trying to identify and control individual indoor pollutants." Suggests ways in which IAQ can be addressed "in it's entirety", including deterring governmental regulations until OSHA standards for IAQ are in place.

Fields

Type

Memorandum

Article

Biography

Company

Philip Morris

Site

MN Depository

Author

Hockaday, Tom

Recipient

Merlo, Ellen

Walls, Tina A.

Laufer, David

Borelli, Thomas

Pressl, Lance

Named Person

Singer, Fred

Lee, Dwight R.

Koop, C. Everett

Bretthauer, Erich W.

Reilly, William K.

Browner, Carol

Named Organization

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

CBS 60 Minutes

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

World Health Organization

American Council on Science and Health

American Medical Association

Science [journal]

Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Science and Environmental Policy Project

Total Indoor Environmental Quality Coalition (TIEQ)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

OSHA

Region

Times Beach, Missouri

Thesaurus Term

Industry Employees

Publications

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Government Agencies

Indoor Air Quality

Sick Building Syndrome

Keyword

Sound Science