Witorsch, Philip, M.D.
(ETS George Washington U., Industry "expert witness") Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA. Managing Principal, International Center for Toxicology and Medicine, Rockville, MD. Took as much as $60,000 from the tobacco industry between 1985 and 1995 to claim publicly there was no link between ETS and cancer.Philip Witorsch is Managing Principal, International Center for Toxicology and Medicine, Rockville, MD.Tobacco industry ETS "expert" witness.It is alleged that between 1985 and 1995 the tobacco industry paid Professor Witorsch as much as $60,000 to give evidence in America and around the world, claiming there was no link between ETS and cancer. (Article by Allison Jackson, SMH, 05/04/2001)In April 2001 Professor Witorsch gave evidence at the Port Kembla RSL trial. Former employee Marlene Sharp, sued the RSL on the grounds that she contracted throat cancer after being exposed to passive smoking as a barmaid for more than 11 years.