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w3 U3• 83 1U:UU 0'202 466 8'uUa dFC'U :1SSUC'1AIES IZuu2 r CONI+'IDEVTLAI:. ME40D(tA1KIDU1Vi TO: Lance Pressi Fii;OM. Torn, Hockaday RE: Possible Individuals to be AiDDroached'for Wiinion. Editorials As you, know, it has been, decided that Dr. Bonner Cohen will' not author the opinion editorial on indoor air quality ('IAQ). Ln, ~,rcier to be uff assistance to David Laufer, we aree attempting to identify other individuals %~. c~~a} be interestied' in authoring, the IAQ article. We have compiled the follonving, liat of possibie authors based on our own rese,archi and s»mRcstions fromi Tam Borelli and+ Bonner Cohcn. At this point, we need you to verify as soon as pos- "Ic whether we sbuuld not fqrmally appraach~ any of the following individuals regarding the possibility of' authoring, an IAQ op ed'. Dr: Paul Cammer --~ s a Scientist and President of Business Council on I>ndoor Air (BCIA). BCIA's membership consists of'a wide spectrum of fums with expertise in: areas such as monitoring, controllring, improving the quality of the indoor environment, manufacturers of chemicals, consumer products and' building materials. Before I3f'LA, Dr. Carnmer was aan employee of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manuf;._,rurers Association. Prior to joining SOCMA, Dr. Cammer worked for five years a! EPA as a toxieolbgist and project manager. Dr. Cam.mer holds a Ph.D. and M.S. io Biochemical Toxicology from Perdue University, and a B.A. in Biological ti:•u•noe5 from San ]osc State University. L_ [` rtald Sticdman -- of the University of Denver, has written about the National Academy of Science's crit:W;sm of EPA's computer model to estimate motor vehicle: r'uissic,ns. hi Skedman and Gary Bishop have invented a remote sensor that 9;readh c.arbon~ monuxiiie, carbon dioxide and hy,drocarbon levels emitted from auTc:ruot,00a ex:haust pipes. It is believed that Stedinai"s and Bishop's tailpipe e.mission-, IVAuge could idertify the one car in ten accounting for most air polltttion at a fraction cif the sctn and time reqired by a procedure reconnmended by EPA.

u3. Ug gJ lu:ul 02u':' 4g!t' 6UU4 A,PCWI ASSUCIATES Kenneth Chilton, -- is' the Ikputy Dircctor of'the Center for the S'tudy, of American Business of Washington University, St. Louis, hrtissouru. He has publishedl extensively on the issues of the impact of envimotunental regulatinn and public policy on business. ilt uonn -- i's ajourttalist and author of "The Asbestos Racket: An. Enviro.nmentali Parable"'. He is also ~ afif'tliated with ~ the Science and Environmental Policy Project, and has been a consultant for the congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Bennett serves as an advisor to the Committee for a Constructive Tomornow: Bennett' accused the government of being slow and clumsy in spreading, the wordI of thrrevised view('BPA revised its'views in 1990 and now says , that asbestos , should I be scaled and left where it is, rather than removed altogether) in its 1990 asbestos report knowni as the Green Book. A 1990 study said that the form, of asbestos known as crysol'ite,, which i makes up tnore : than 90 percent of asbestos in U.S . buildings, was relatively harmless. The study, co•authored by the University of Vermont pathologies Brooke T. Mbssttlan, influenced EPA. We had previously identified Mike Bennett, but, decided! not to approach him due to the follo!wing, comment he made in a commentary, "Por altnost a generation, the American, public has' been the victim of a hoax perpetuated by its' own government, that, cancer is caused by environmentali factors, and parti+cularly, industry, and not by personal habits primarily smoking." However, diuting a recent conwersation with, Bonner' Cohen, he suggested Bennett as a qualitiedi and, most likely' interested, candidate to author the LAQ article. Bennett is a personal friend of Cohen's. P r Sarntel -- Peter Samuel is, currently free hincing pamt-time for the National Review. Regarding the:global warming issues,, Samuel asserts that "the whole sad' affair is a case study in the pitfalls of'trying to conduct public policy without full and open di'scussion of fundamental principles and a fearless discussion of science andi data. Tlie Bush, Administration, like many limp-wristed, so-called conservatives before it, has never been prepared to speak frankly about the humbug of glo'ba1 warming, and the greenhouse effect." " Saanuel asserts that although pollution, is': steadily disappearing the Anlerica, the governtnent aill not adtnit it. Therefore, Americans may still have to, pay the high price of draconian clean air regulations. In May 1993, Samuel suggested that Bush announce the suspension of the EPA's city smog program, which at the time fought, urban air polhutiion with tax dollars. Samuel has develbped a book proposal to, address unsubstantiatedi scares including alar, dioxin, DDT,, STS, asbestos and others.

u3..u3 93 1u:o2 'i2:u_ 4iG'd 6UU4 APC'u ASSWC'IATE5 1Z 'uuJ -3- Rionald Gots, -- is a Physician and Toxologist' in iBethesda, Matyland. He is Cbairman of Total Indoor Eav3nonmental Quality Coalition Science Advisory Board. Gots', responded negatively to the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. Dwight Duvight R. Lex, University of Georgia econonust, wrote The I++Texi~ Bnvironmental Battlegawnd (National Center for Poliicy Analysis). Most enviro.nrnentalists, regardless of their differences, agree that the EPA has done a poor job (regarding outdoor air). He ! asserts that an attempt by the EPA to take over control of air quality in buildings could cost more lives than it saves by reducing the incomes of workers. Lee states that the EPA has imposed huge costs on the privatee sector to eliminate trivial risks and make infinitesimal improvements in the health and safety of Americans. Candace C=dall -- Executive Vice President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP). She has published extensively on junk science issues in the past. Crandall' was the Director of Communications for the Center for Strategic and International' Studies before joining, SEPP. The primary focus of SEPP is too diocument the use of scientific dat& in the development of federal environmental policy. SEPP is an independent, non-profi research group that relies on private fiunding. It will co-sponsor a conference with George Mason Univcrsity in May on scientific integrity in ~ the political process, Crandall has arranged for a number of prominent scientists to br partieipants, including Dr. Bernard Davis of Harvard University and1 Sir William Mitchell of' Oxford University. Crandall is Dr: Fred! Singer's wife. Dr. Phillip Abelson~ -- is: a former editor of Science Magazine, and is currently aff'Lliatiedl with American Association for'tbe Advancement of Science. Abelson found problems with the BIER IV report. The EPA's statements on the carcinogenicity of rad'on and its decay products are based in ~ large part on the BIER TV' report. Bonner Cohen suggested thar Abelson may be interested in authoring a piece on junk science, but may have reservations about the IAQ ~ article. Iohn anahan -- is affiliated with the Heritage Foundation. He has asserted that there are many basic, problems with the EPA's Science Advisory Board's "sciences." The first problem is t!hat EPA used a 9C1'pec,cent confidence interval in its statistical analyses. Yet the stan&4 confidence interval used by practically all' scientists, inciuding, EPA scientists, is 95'1 percent. While lower confidence intervals theoretically can be used, answers derived from lower confidence intervals are much less reliable. The second problem is that the SAB conclusions may have been, derived from incorrectly combining numerous dissimilar studies. Meta-anWysis is not an appropriate analytical too'1 unless the studies are similarly structure+d. Yet in the ETS assessnment,,.. there is no way for independent researchers to verify whether the smalier studies were similarly structured.

u9', u'3 -9J lvc u_ $2u2 a68 t3uua! 3PCU ASSUCIATHS'. -4- Dr. F. Srrnith -- of the Competitive Entetprise Institute. Pamticipated on panelI on "Eco-Hysteria" sponsored by Conservative PAC. During, a recent' conversataon with Smith, he indicated' that the Competitive Enterprise Institute would not lend its name to, opinion editorials written by other sources. However, he also asserted that if wee oould stimulate his interest in an arca„ the Institute would conduict, research and prepare articles on its own. Please Itt us know if you have questions about any of these individuals. zluu'5 cc: EUen Merle Tina aJ!alls David' Iaufdr