Tobacco Documents Online

Subject: EPA update

Abstract

Forwards "copies of materials faxed to us by our EPA consultant [missing]." Reports on meeting of the EPA Science Advisory Board committee on Indoor Air Quality and Total Human Exposure. States that EPA risk assessment is undergoing internal review and is slated for final review by the SAB in April. Opines that next SAB review will not be a "full-scale public meeting [including]. . .both written and oral presentations by the public" and that "the tobacco industry will try to exert whatever pressure it can to try to have a full-scale public comment period before the review meeting."

Fields

Type

Telex

Company

Philip Morris

Site

MN Depository

Author

Pages, Robert Alex, Ph.D. (PM scientist & researcher, c. 1980s)

Robert A. Pages gave a deposition that was 25 pgs with one exhibit in the Carlisle v. Philip Morris Inc., et al case on 10/30/86 and he gave another deposition that was 207 pgs on 9/23/88 for the Rothgeb v. ATC, et al case. He was a Scientist and he worked for Philip Morris, Inc. and was born on 10/10/41 and is in infirm health. (PMI's Revised Initial Disclosure, June 27, 1996) (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) Robert Pages, who gave depositions in 1986 and 1988, is apparently in poor health. (Alexandra Wagner, Ness, Motley letter to Grant Kaiser, 1/10/97)

Recipient

Reininghaus, Wolf (INBIFO, Gen. Mgr., Contract Research)

Institut fur Biologische Forschung, Cologne, Germany - (Philip Morris' offshore research lab).

Named Person

Martin, Peter (PM Senior Scientist c. 1992)

Peter Martin was an Associate Principal Scientist for Philip Morris Europe. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) Dr. Peter Martin worked for Philip Morris Research Center at Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia 23261 in 1975. [Butler 2021648905-13, (P.O.)]

Lippmann, Morton M.D. (Member, CIAR Scientific Advisory Board)

Vice Chairman, Dept. of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, c. 1994

Bayard, Steven Paul, Ph.D. (OSHA Office of Risk Assessment Director)

Principal author of the EPA's 1992 risk assessment on ETS

Named Organization

EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB)

Thesaurus Term

Government Agencies

Publications

Industry Strategies

Risk Assessment

ETS Exposure

Keyword

EPA ETS Risk Assessment