Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/05/2008

	Groups, GAO Fault EPA’s Risk Assessment Process
	FDA Scraps Helsinki Declaration on Protecting Human Subjects
	Animal Ag Report Encounters Industry Interference
	Psych Working Group Again Rife with Conflicts of Interests
	Agency Hedges on Great Lakes Pollution Link to Health
	Groups Protest FIFRA Panel Nominees
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/28/2008

	Conflicts Clot HHS Cord Blood Stem Cell Committee
	Association Urges Medical Colleges to Ban Gifts
	Survey Documents Extensive Political Interference at EPA
	Boxer: EPA Gives Industry More Influence over Science Process
	Report Refutes EPA Assumptions on Ozone
	IOM to Evaluate Great Lakes Study
	Redacted Climate Change Testimony Delivered
	Gov't. Grant Used to Allegedly Fabricate Sludge Data
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/21/2008

	JAMA Editors May Ban Authors Who Hide Financial Ties
	Medical Firms Disclosure Offers Fall Short of Proposed Bill
	BPA Safety Concerns Continue to Grow
	FDA Medical Device Panel Issues Conflict of Interest Waivers
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/14/2008

	EPA Sued over Pesticide Approval
	FDA Warns GSK on Failure to Report Data
	UNC Renames Public Health School after CEO Gift
	Study Suggests Ending Cancer Trials Early Could be Unsafe
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/07/2008

	Researchers Admit Liggett Helped Fund Lung Cancer Study
	Four Elite Colleges Admit Taking Tobacco Money
	Congress Considers FACA Overhaul
	Reps Investigate ACC Influence
	Clorox Deal Causes Sierra Club Schism
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/31/2008

	Lung Cancer Researcher Took Funds from Tobacco Company
	Group Demands Protection for 681 Species
	Industry Studies Informed FDA Finding on BPA
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/24/2008

	Rice Removal: EPA Move Violates Peer Review Rules, Groups Say
	Skin Doc Group’s Seal Sale Tattooed as Unethical
	Groups Urge Protections for Federal Scientists
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/17/2008

	Cancer Letter: Researcher Failed to Disclose Patent during CME
	Need for Independent Drug Info Detailed
	EPA to Post Coal Wastes Analysis
	Consulting Firm Delayed Removal of Harmful Drug for Years
	Yellowstone Bison Management under Fire
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/10/2008

	EPA Staff Unions Challenge Science Overrides
	Obesity Society Prez-Elect Quits after Conflict of Interest Storm
	IOM Urged to Recommend Conflict-Free Zone for Medicine
	Enviros Charge Border Fence Behind Jaguar Decision
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/03/2008

	EPA Boots Gov Scientist after Industry Complaint
	Surgeon Payments Disclosure Bill Advances
	Philip Morris Ends 8-year Academic Research Program
	Yazoo Pumps Face EPA Veto
	Big Business Drives Research Agenda at Land Grant Schools
	Boxer: EPA “in Crisis” over Greenhouse Gas Rules
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/25/2008

	FDA Proposal on Journal Reprints Draws Fire
	Rx Companies See Publishing as Marketing Strategy
	Wolf Delisting Called Premature
	Science Scandal Rocks Indian University
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/19/2008

	Med Schools Lag in Adopting Institutional Conflict-of-Interest Policies
	CDC Will Release Rewritten Great Lakes Study – in a Month
	OSHA Injury Records Wrong, Top Record-Keeper Says
	FDA Delay on Trasylol was Deadly, Researcher Alleges
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/11/2008

	Whistleblowers Under Fire
	Obesity Society Leader Backs Chains on Menu Labeling
	Groups Protest EPA Omission of Coal Toxicity Info
	Interior’s Chukchi Sea Review Excluded Major Facilities
	Congressional Probe Targets Consulting Group
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/04/2008

	NEJM Reviewer with Conflicts Leaked Damaging Study to Drug Firm
	Polluters Monitor Selves in Delaware
	Prodisc Researchers’ Financial Ties Prompt FDA Investigation
	Scientists Rebut Exxon-funded Polar Bear Study
	FDA Panel on Controversial Psych Drug Issues Waivers
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/28/2008

	U.S. Censors Arctic Oil and Gas Report
	Ag Industry Sways State Pesticide Decision
	One Hospital Says “No Thanks” to Drug Industry Gifts
	Study Refutes Basis of NTP Report on BPA
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/22/2008

	Strings Tied to Industry-Academic Collaborations at "Big Oil U"
	NIH Nixes Knowing Outside Grantees’ Conflicts-of-Interest
	Scientists Seek Interior Oversight
	Congress: Politics, not Science, Prompted Polar Bear Listing Delay
	All the Good News That's Fit to Print
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/14/2008

	Organized Medicine Warned on "Entrepreneurial” Guidelines
	New EPA Assessment Reduces Acrylamide Risk
	Scientists Blast Proposed Change to Lead Standard
	Ban on Wildlife Poisons Sought
	Congress Probes Jarvik’s Role in Pfizer Lipitor Ads
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/07/2008

	EPA Seeks to Exempt Feedlots from Toxics Reporting
	UK Scientists Decry New Nuke Plans
	White Shoes, Not White Coats, Predominate at Rx Firms
	Yellowstone Threats Report Faulted
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/02/2008

	Waxman Investigates EPA Denial of Clean Air Waiver
	Shrinks with Rx Ties Again Dominate DSM Writing Panel
	EPA Allows Use of Ozone-Destroying Chemical
	UMass Med School Tightens Conflict of Interest Rules
	Former CPSC Staffer Blows Whistle on Agency Failings
	Zetia Risks Concealed by Manufacturer
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/17/2007

	Officials Deny Cancer-Environment Link in Pa.
	House Investigates Slow-Release Drug Study
	Company Data Shows High Atrazine Levels in Streams
	Report: White House Manipulated Climate Science
	Profit-Driven Researchers Spurn Working with Government Scientists
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/10/2007

	Physician Ethics, Actions at Odds
	Independent Researchers Blast NTP Report on Bisphenol-A
	FDA Needs More Resources, Better Science
	Judge: FWS Must Reconsider Sage Grouse Decision
	Study Finds Systemic Bias in Meta-Analyses by Conflicted Docs
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/03/2007

	Report Shows Conflict-free Advisers Easily Found
	Group Challenges ESA Decisions
	EPA Removes Everglades Expert
	Lawsuits: BP Violated State Revolving Door Regs
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/19/2007

	FDA To Use Simultaneous Voting at Advisory Meetings
	OMB Throws Back Krill Protection Rule
	U.S. Failed to Question Industry Data on Gassed Meat
	Exxon-Backed Group Attacks State Climate Policies
	Occ-Docs Seek Retraction, Threaten Journal with Libel Suit
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/13/2007

	NOAA Nixes Dam Removal --Again
	Grassley Asks CMS to Clarify Journal Policy
	White House Stalls on Admitting Censorship
	University Profs Fret Industry Control of Research
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/05/2007

	Orthopedic Surgeons' Buck-raking Exposed
	Gas Industry Flouts Clean Water Laws; BLM Dithers
	Shining Light on Physician Payola Gets Boost
	ExxonMobil Sullies Science on Polar Bear Decline
	IOM Adds Two to Conflicts of Interest Panel
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/29/2007

	EPA Funnels Key Work to Industry-Backed Research Group
	Open Access Bill Advances despite Publisher Protests
	CDC's Gerberding Defends White House Censorship
	Scientists Decry Politicization of Wolf Management
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/22/2007

	IOM to Offer Guide for Managing Medical Conflicts of Interest
	Med School-Industry Ties Exposed; Influence Denied
	Scientists Accuse DuPont of Distorting Study Results
	Effort in Congress to Void Medical Decision Decried
	Tobacco Giants Sullied Secondhand Smoke Studies
	EPA Ignored Scientists, Suit Charges
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/15/2007

	Workplace Cancer Figures Found Underreported
	Mining Magnate Backed Lawsuit Against Gore Film
	Fired Whistleblower Testifies on Farm Chemical
	Judge Orders Rabbit Review
	Prominent Psychiatrist Suspended by Regulators
	Odds and Ends
	Clarification

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/09/2007

	Fishing Group Funds Omega-3 Frenzy
	FDA Foundation Seeks Fix for Innovation Slowdown
	Tobacco Firms Hired Experts in NIH-Funded Cancer Trial
	Congress, Scientists Seek New Owl Recovery Plan
	White House Withdraws Controversial Bulletin
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/01/2007

	Protest Prompts EPA to Postpone Pesticide Approval
	FDA Fails to Monitor Clinical Trials - OIG
	CMS Okays Journals without Disclosure, Registry Policies
	NAS Reconsiders Fuel Economy Panel
	Climate Skeptic Leaves U. VA
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/24/2007

	FDA Bill Slightly Reduces Advisor Conflicts of Interest
	Arnold Fires Game Official for Stance on Lead Ammo
	Dueling Cell Phone Reports Suggest Funding Effect
	U. Investigates Researcher for Mining Company
	Climate Skeptic Refuses to Disclose Funding
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/17/2007

	Groups Decry Broken Peer Review Process at EPA
	Tie-Breaking Vote on Conflicts at FDA Recorded Wrong
	Judge: EPA Must Base Lead Review on Science, Not Politics
	Group Highlights Suppression of Cancer Research
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/10/2007

	ExxonMobil Staffer Peer Reviewed EPA HazMat Rule
	$300 Million Buys Smoke-Friendly U. for Tobacco Giant
	Who Funded Black Cohosh Studies May Matter
	Political Appointee to Co-chair EPA Nanotech Panel
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/04/2007

	FDA Waives Three Conflicted Docs onto EPO Safety Panel
	Voluntary Industry-Government Toxics Testing Program Falls Short
	Psychiatrists Lead Buck-raking Pack in Minnesota
	NIH Director Charged with Bungling Schwartz Ethics Probe
	Science Invoked to Justify Continued Whale Kills
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/27/2007

	Ag Chief under Fire for Refusing to Study Flame Retardants
	Administration Feels Heat for Suppressing Climate Science
	Conflicts of Interest Cloud Health Care Cost Containment
	Spotted Owl Recovery Plan Flunks Peer Review
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/13/2007

	Consumer, Enviro Groups Protest Nominees to EPA Acrylamide Panel
	Avandia Panel Chair Spoke for Glaxo; FDA Waives Waiver
	OMB Casts Cloud of Confusion on Ozone Risks
	Scientists Challenge NIH Findings on Bisphenol A
	House Panel Presses White House on Global Warming Science
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/30/2007

	Scientists' Whale Protection Efforts Navigate White House Opposition
	Where Did EPA Grants to Non-Profit for Pork Farm Cleanups Go?
	BLM’s Analysis of Herbicide Effects Falls Short
	Conflicted Members Sit on EPA Lead Review Panel
	Fraudulent Science Study Retracted
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/16/2007

	Conflicted Docs to Vote at High Profile Avandia Hearing
	Hospital Exec Touts Asthma Device, Silent on Hospital’s Role
	Green Chemistry Bill Soars through House Committee
	Former Surgeon General Decries Administration Censors
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/09/2007

	FDA Issues Three Waivers for Back Device Panel
	Klamath Panelists Challenge Interior's Use of NAS Study
	Politics Endanger Species Safety Net
	Carbon Footprint of Livestock Glossed over in Live Earth Fanfare
	NIH Director Testified in Asbestos Cases While on Gov't. Payroll
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/02/2007

	EPA Short List Long on Candidates, Short on Disclosure
	House Members Decry Cheney Role in Salmon Die-Off
	Hearing Airs Rx Firm Influence over Prescribing, Medical Education
	Philip Morris to Study “Safer” Cigarettes at University-Linked Park
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/25/2007

	Limits on FDA Advisory Committee Conflicts Clear Hurdle
	Groups Challenge EPA’s Rollback of Toxics Reporting
	EPA's Proposed Ozone Standard Draws Immediate Protests
	Hunters Bag Cooperative Conservation Agreement
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/18/2007

	Cell Phone Assn. Involved in NAS Deal
	Owl Scientists Cry Foul over Species Recovery Plan Revamp
	Conflict of Interest Charges Roil Cochrane Collaboration
	Polluters Cite Oil Industry-Funded Scientist to Cloud Ozone Picture
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/11/2007

	Consumer Groups Protest NAS Panel Weighing Cell Phone Research Agenda
	Funding Source Predicts Statin Trial Results, Study Says
	Did FDA, Glaxo Try to Silence Critics?
	EPA Officials Fly Free on Industry Nickel
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 06/04/2007

	Von Eschenbach: FDA Wants Closer Ties with Industry . . .
	. . . While Avandia Study Author Alleges FDA Smear Campaign
	Exxon Shareholders Axe Alternative Energy Push
	Help Wanted: Independent Toxicologists
	Should Shrek Disclose?
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers:

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/29/2007

	Consumer Groups Seek Avandia Panel without Industry Ties
	Drug Industry Gifts Make Gastro-Conference Easier to Digest
	Stanford Sides with Nuns Against Exxon
	Self-Censorship at Smithsonian
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/21/2007

	Health Advocates Want Biz Consultants off EPA Asbestos Committee
	Some Medical Educators Skirt New Rules
	Did Politics Delist Arizona Eagles?
	Safeguards Sought On $500 Million BP Grant
	P.R. Ignores J&J Funded Vaccine Study
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/14/2007

	While Senate Snubs Conflicts Limit in FDA User Fee Bill . . .
	. . . A Conflict-Free Panel Seeks Tighter Limits on Anemia Drug
	Few Waivers Eliminated by FDA’s Proposed Guidance
	EPA Spring Cleaning: Dismantling Libraries, Clearing Out Labs
	Cheers and Jeers
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 05/08/2007

	Senate Mulls Curbs on FDA Financial Ties
	Stanford and UC May Kick Big Tobacco Off Campus
	Interior Official Who Fed Industry Inside Info Resigns . . .
	. . . While Scientists Protest Interior’s Endangered Species Rule
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/30/2007

	No Decline in Drug Industry Gifts to Physicians
	Anti-Allergy Activists Fail to Disclose Patents, Corporate Ties in Journal
	New Communication Policy Muzzles Science Agencies, Advocates Say
	FDA Questions Eli Lilly on Zyprexa
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/23/2007

	Medicare Proposes Paying for Comparative Clinical Trials
	Senate Committee Moves Flawed FDA Reform Bill
	NIEHS Still Outsourcing Environmental Health Perpsectives?
	One On, Two Conflicted Scientist Off EPA Air Pollution Panel
	NEJM Bars Industry-backed Prof for Leaking Trial Results
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/16/2007

	Senate FDA Bill Lacks Strict Conflict of Interest Guidelines
	Iowa State Gives Conoco Special Alt-Energy Deal
	Conflicted Kidney Docs Snub FDA on EPO
	Bush Backs Away from Controversial Nominees
	Bush Ups Ante at Regulatory Agencies
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/09/2007

	Health Sciences Agency Limits Ties with Conflicted Contractor
	Bush Recess Appointments Draw Fire
	“Independent” Pet Food Task Force Includes Pet Food Co. Scientists
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 04/02/2007

	Inspector General To Reexamine NIH Conflict-of-Interest Cases, Oversight
	FDA Okays Conflicts on Committee Considering Merck’s New Pain Pill
	Interior IG: Top Wildlife Official Censored Endangered Species List
	Double Duty: Many Academic Leaders also Direct Health Care Corporations
	Odds and Ends
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/26/2007

	FDA Proposes Limiting Conflict-of-Interest Waivers; Consumer Groups To Push for Tougher Rules
	Cancer Drug Advisory Committee Grants Waivers
	FDA Pushes for Higher Prescription Drug User Fees
	Cheers and Jeers

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/20/2007

	ExxonMobil Lobbyist: "I Had the Authority"
	Conflicted Kidney Doctors Dismiss FDA Anemia Drug Warning
	UCLA to Investigate Misconduct Allegations Surrounding Smoking Study
	Experts Protest FDA’s Drug Review Procedure
	(Cheers and) Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/12/2007

	Nutrition Review Questions Soda-Obesity Link . . .
	. . . While Report Says Industry Soda Studies Underplay Health Problems
	EPA Advisers Stick with Stricter Ozone Recommendation
	A Tale of Two Tests
	Government Silences Polar Bear Scientists
	Consultants Removed from BPA Panel
	(Cheers and) Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 03/05/2007

	BPA Decision to Rely on Industry Consultant's Report
	Who Pays the FDA?
	Positive Study Outcomes Associated with Financial Conflicts of Interest
	CEQ Agrees to Turn Over More Climate Documents
	Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/26/2007

	Report: FDA Fails to Find Advisers Without Industry Ties
	'State Climatologists' Stripped of False Titles
	CDC Vaccine Committee Accused of Whitewashing Thimerosal Dangers
	Positive Results More Likely in Breast Cancer Trials Involving Drugmakers
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/20/2007

	CDC's Vaccine Panel is Unbalanced, Advocates Say
	Prescription Project Aims to Stem Medical Conflicts of Interest
	Purdue Clears 'Bubble-Fusion' Researcher
	EU Supports Open Access to Scientific Research
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/12/2007

	Breaking the Silence
	FDA Whistleblowers to Testify Before House Panel
	Drug Industry Influences National Anti-smoking Policies
	Climate Program Chief Addresses Censorship Allegations
	Former Colorado U. Teacher Drops Wrongful Termination Claims
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 02/05/2007

	AEI Offers $10K to Scientists Who Dispute Climate Study
	BP Taps Berkeley, Illinois for $500M Biofuels Effort
	Hearing Airs Attempts to Silence Climate Change Scientists
	Stem Cell Researchers Divided on Cash for Eggs
	Journal Failed to Disclose AIDS Researchers' Funding
	Child Psychiatrist Helped Drug Firm Hide Paxil's Link to Teen Suicides
	Bush Order Centralizes Regulatory Power
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/29/2007

	NKF Cloaks Conflicts on Eve of Crucial Meeting
	Journals Fight Open-Access Movement
	EPA OKs Charity Promos on Bleach
	Panel on Hormone Guidelines Rife With Conflicts
	NAACP Touts High-Cost Heart Drug After Contribution
	Hearing To Examine Political Influence on Climate Change Scientists
	Researchers Who Get Pharma Funding More Likely to Back Nicotine Replacement Therapy
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/22/2007

	NIH Halts Neonatal Herpes Session after Protest
	EPA to Announce NOx and SOx Panel Members This Week
	COI Waivers Abound at FDA Despite Curbs
	Cancer Docs Adopt Strict Disclosure Policy
	Experts Develop Model Language to Help Researchers Disclose Financial Interests
	UC Regents Weigh Whether Schools Should Shun Tobacco Money
	Odds and Ends
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/16/2007

	National Research Council Sinks OMB Risk Assessment
	EPA 'Short List' for Clean Air Panel Includes Scientists With Industry Ties
	UCLA Bans Drug Makers' Gifts to Docs
	Industry Funding and Research Outcomes Linked in Psychiatry Studies
	ACOEM Mold Review Relied on Authors Paid to Testify in Mold Suits
	Trial Lawyers Backed Researcher Who Linked Autism to MMR Vaccine
	NIH Finds Former Pitt Scientist Falsified Data on Embryonic Stem Cells
	Study Finds Ghost Authorship Common in Industry-Funded Studies
	Cheers and Jeers
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 01/08/2007

	Industry Funds Sweeten Outcomes of Beverage Studies
	Industry-Funded Scientists Answer Call on Cell Phones
	NEJM Finally Prints Perspective, But Removes Conflict-of-Interest Angle
	NIH Meeting on Neonatal Herpes Dominated by Glaxo’s Hired Hands
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/18/2006

	Conflicts Surface at Maryland Stem Cell Commission
	USGS Scientists Resist New Review Policy
	Glaxo-Paid Docs, Medscape Push Questionable Anti-Herpes Treatment
	Biologist Admits Study Used Fake Images
	Fraud Charges Lead Authors to Retract DNA Paper
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/11/2006

	Conflicted Scientists to Sit on FDA Board Weighing Suicide Risk from Antidepressants
	FDA Board Weighing Ketek's Safety Waives Seven Members
	Scientists Face Threats, Censorship for Work on Global Warming
	New EPA Procedures Squash Scientific Review
	NIH Scientist Admits Conflict of Interest
	Elsevier Claims New Ethics Policy on Tap
	Troubled Canadian Medical Journal Gets New Editor
	FDA Warns Prof Who Profited from Heart Device Trial
	Purdue Investigates 'Bubble-Fusion' Research
	On Richard Doll
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 12/04/2006

	FDA Stents Panel Filled with Conflicted Physicians
	Outside Panel Report, Science Ignore Failure to Disclose Patents in Hwang Scandal
	Did a Study of Glaxo's New Herpes Drug Mistreat Pregnant Women?
	Blackwell Publishing Wants Its 800+ Journals to Beef Up Ethics, Disclosure Policies
	Pfizer, Scripps Research Institute in Sweetheart IP Deal
	Urologists Turn to Profitable Therapy for Prostate Cancer
	The Sun Fails to Disclose Doctor's Funding from Vaccine Industry
	Dems Express 'Serious Concerns' About EPA Library Closures
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/27/2006

	FDA Issues Six Waivers for Celebrex Meeting
	American Diabetes Association's New Guidelines Don't End Conflicts of Interest
	Science Teachers Group Rejects Gore's "Inconvenient Truth"
	Leading Medical Journal Fails to Mention Author's Ties Disclosed by Smaller Publication
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/20/2006

	EPA Names ExxonMobil Scientist, Industry Consultants to Review Panel
	USDA's Committee on Grain Skirts Law
	Tougher CMS Policy on Clinical Trials Urged
	FDA Warns Against Using Guidelines Backed by National Kidney Foundation
	Climate Skeptic Misleads Viewers About Funding
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/13/2006

	Medicare May Reward Drug Trials That Skip Registration
	ABC Fails to Disclose Industry Ties of Toxic Kid Critic
	Cancer Researchers Hide Links to Industry
	Arthritis Researchers Apologize to Journal for Failure to Disclose Ties to Drug Makers
	Odds and Ends
	Clarification

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 11/06/2006

	A Patent Worth This Much Is Worth Disclosing
	Climate Researchers Prepare for Showdown
	Industry-Backed Think Tank Files Brief in Global Warming Suit
	White House Probed for Suppressing Climate Research
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/30/2006

	Industry-Backed Skeptics File Brief in Global Warming Lawsuit . . .
	. . . While AP Fails to Disclose Climate Skeptics' Ties to Industry-Funded Think Tanks
	Astroturf Patient Groups Exposed: Major Funding Comes from Rx Industry
	FDA's Orphan Drugs Czar to Join Amgen
	NAS: Conviction No Bar for Former FDA Head
	Fired Scientist Accuses USGS of Blocking Study, Seeks Data
	Internal Survey: Mixed Attitude Toward New NIH Ethics Rule
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/23/2006

	VA Study: NIH Guidelines That Push Aggressive Statin Therapy Are Premature
	Stifled Cancer Research Published after Industry-Funded Study Released
	Cancer Groups Withdraw from Campaign Funded Solely by Drug Firm
	Business Week: "Disclosure Is A Lousy Solution"
	Odds and Ends
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/16/2006

	Whistleblower Alleges Mentor Hid Breast Implant Info from FDA: Consumer Groups Demand Congress Adopt Stronger Sanctions
	Is DuPont Holding Back Data for Teflon Study?
	Industry Funding of Drug Studies Tilts Results
	Anti-Fluoride Activists Charge Harvard with Breaking Fed Ethics Rules
	UK Drug Trial Lacked Vital Information
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/10/2006

	MEDLINE Mulls Outing Corporate-Backed Studies
	Harvard Prof Told FDA About Bayer's Hidden Study
	Scientists Protest as EPA Delays Dry Cleaning Rule
	Scientists Resign from Unbalanced EPA Advisory Panel on Toxins
	Odds and Ends
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 10/02/2006

	Nutrition Journal Failed to Disclose Editor's and Authors' Ties to Salt Industry
	Risk Analysis To Carry Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures
	Feds Restrict Report Showing Global Warming Increases Hurricane Strength
	EPA Clean Air Panel "Disappointed" with Administrator's Decision on Soot
	Scientists Form Group to Back Pro-Science Candidates

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/25/2006

	FDA Waives Conflict For Prof Negotiating Deal With Drug Maker
	EPA Ignores Science, Enacts Weak Soot Rule
	White House Nixed Media Appearance By Global Warming Scientist
	Brit Scientists Blast ExxonMobil's Corporate Citizenship Report
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/18/2006

	New Study Confirms Butadiene Cancer Link, But Creates Loophole
	Groups Protest Nomination of Industry Sympathizer to Top OMB Position
	FDA Finally Ousts Advisor Over Conflict of Interest, But Only After A Company Protests
	NIH Passes Buck on Conflict-of-Interest Cases
	Harvard Prof Cleared of Ethics Violations Gave Major Gift to Dental School
	Odds and Ends
	Correction

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/11/2006

	EPA Committee Will Debate Best Ways To Monetize Human Life
	Bush Administration Voids Whistleblower Protections in Clean Water Act
	NIH Scientists' Buckraking Still Unpunished
	Polluters Getting Free Ride from Bush
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 09/05/2006

	The Sound of Silence
	Advocacy Group Finds FDA Drug and Device Panels Biased Toward Approval
	Clean Air Panel Overrides EPA; Calls for Stricter Standard on Ozone
	Increasing User Fees Give Drug Makers Influence over FDA Drug-Review Process
	National Pork Board to Finance EPA's Study on Livestock Emissions

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 08/28/2006

	Did Harvard Whitewash Colgate Consultant's Ethics Breach?
	Journal Fails to Disclose Editor's Ties to Electronics and Power Industries
	If It Is on His Business Card, It Must Be True
	Connecticut Stem Cell Researcher Applies to His Own Committee for Funding
	Environmental Group Wants Paustenbach Reprimanded
	FDA's Latest Waiver: Major Stockholder Votes on Device Panel
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/24/2006

	CSPI Study Reveals One in Five NAS Advisory Panelists Has Conflicts of Interest
	One in Five FDA Scientists Asked to Manipulate, Exclude Data, Survey Finds
	Did FDA Rat Out Internal Whistleblower?
	Pro-Drug Slant Found in Industry-Funded Psychiatry Studies
	Top Medical Journals Continue to Let Conflicts of Interest Slide

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/17/2006

	Conflicts of Interest on Federal Advisory Committees: Should They Be Banned?
	Conflicted Scientists on NAS Board That Wrote Controversial Dioxin Report
	JAMA, NEJM Editors Defend Toothless Conflict-of-Interest Policies
	NCI Researcher Took Drug Firm Fees While Working on Collaborative Trials
	Hospital Execs Paid by Healthcare Suppliers for Advice on Products
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: 07/10/06

	Former Industry Oil and Gas Geologist Up for Top Job at USGS
	NIH's Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Rule for Universities: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
	Open Access Publishing Registers More Gains
	Public Disclosure to Fight Misuse of Science Funds in China
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: Week of 07/03/2006

	President to Name Anti-Regulation Zealot to OIRA?
	Industry-Supported Food Scientists: Cutting Antibiotics in Food Won't Slow Growth of Resistant Strains
	FDA Sides with Industry Consultant on Breast Implant Toxicity
	Doctor-Run Charities Create Fertile Ground for Conflicts of Interest, Bias
	FDA Inspections and Serious Warning Letters Drop by Half
	Rhode Island AG Defends Contributions from Lead Defendant
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: June 26, 2006

	Opposition Builds to Biased Nominees to Gulf "Dead Zone" Panel
	Senate Passes Advance Notice Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Bill
	Journal Editors Should Publish Their Conflicts of Interest
	Science or Marketing?
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: June 19, 2006

	Groups Protest EPA Choices for Evaluating Pesticide
	Time Runs Andrew Weil Advertorial
	NIH Researcher on Pfizer Payroll Gave Firm Tissue Samples
	Texas Crony Sought White House Help to Weaken Rule
	Industry Asks OSHA to Limit Access to Documents
	FDA Opposing Conflict-of-Interest Waiver Ban
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: June 12, 2006

	EPA May Pick Chem Industry Consultants to Review Ethylene Oxide Update
	Tobacco Scientist Moves On to Particulate Matter
	Top Allergy Journal Will Publish Contributors' Conflicts of Interest
	Bisphenol A: Who Did the Research Matters
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: June 5, 2006

	Pesticide Industry Influenced EPA's Policy Allowing Testing on Children
	House Protects Public's Right to Know about Pollutants
	Mum's the Word for Northwest Salmon Scientists
	Lieberman Questions Balance on National Coal Council
	Environmental Journal Retracts Fraudulent Study on Chromium
	Odds and Ends

Integrity in Science Watch: May 30, 2006