Anne, comments 1, 2, 3 are (more or less) short repeats… the others are more substantive so I separated them vera Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: RE: Docket No. 02N–0466 I DO NOT support the smallpox vaccine study, Docket No. 02N–0466. I oppose this study!!! Vaccines are…
University of Washington Violated Federal Protections for Human Research Subjects Thu, 21 Apr 2005 A major research scandal reveals that the University of Washington in Seattle is in gross systemic violations of federal research regulations. Experiments that were conducted on vulnerable populations – including, pregnant women, neonates, children, prisoners–should never…
Linguistic Tinkering with Regulatory Terminology Increases Risk of Harm for Children: "minimal risk" "minor increment of minimal risk" and "disorder or condition" January 28, 2001 A cornerstone of the Declaration of Helsinki (adopted by the World Medical Association in 1964, and reaffirmed on Oct. 2000) is the distinction between research…
EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People: Spoon- Feeding Poison_VillageVoice Sat, 19 Jul 2003 The Village Voice reports that the EPA has “quietly begun lifting a 1998 ban” on human pesticide experiments that expose human beings to poisons meant to kill. Republican legislators have been recipients of…
Universities Misappropriate Federal Grants – Cornell Doctor Blows Whistle Alleging Phantom Studies – WSJ Wed Aug 17, 2005 Scott Fitzgerald’s opener to The Great Gatsby, “the rich are different from you and me…” is most aptly applied today to an elite corps of rich academic scientists. Academia once symbolized a…
Simply put, I am opposed to the vaccine study. These children’s immune systems are not yet fully mature and I feel their systems are already overwhelmed by the numerous vaccines they are given. Why risk a live virus vaccine in our country where no cases exist? I feel the threat…
http://hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/ardsnet/faq.html#3 The individuals participating in the ARDS Network are listed below: Steering Committee Chair: Gordon Bernard, M.D., Vanderbilt University Clinical Coordinating Center: Massachusetts General Hospital: David Schoenfeld, Ph.D. B. Taylor Thompson, M.D. Nancy Ringwood, R.N., CCRA Cathryn Oldmixon, R.N. NHLBI Project Office: Andrea Harabin, Ph.D. Myron…
NYT Pitches New Brain Disorder: “Executive Dysfunction” Tue, 26 Aug 2003 Should the Science section of The New York Times be in the business of promoting the expanded use of psychotropic drugs for unproven non-medical conditions? Today’s Science section of the New York Times includes 2 promotional articles that covertly…
AHRP Comments Re: EPA Proposed Rule for Human Pesticide Research Wed, 30 Nov 2005 Help us stop a proposed government policy that would lead to the proliferation of unthinkable human pesticide experiments such as the infamous CHEERS experiment. CHEERS was designed to expose toddlers to pesticides so that EPA investigators…
Ethical Violations / Investigations Today Congressional Investigations Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) Letters of Determination: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/detrm_letrs/lindex.htm Office of Protection from Research Risks* (OPRR) List of Compliance Oversight Investigations Resulting in Restrictions or Actions to federally licensed Institutions between 1990 – 2000. *Reorganized in 2000 as OHRP Mar 30: AHRP…
October 1, 2001 Text of AHRP Amicus Brief filed with the Maryland Court of Appeals in support of the Court’s ruling against Kennedy Krieger Institute for exposing children to lead poison in an experiment. The Court of Appeals Decision Validates AHRP’s Stand Against Using Children in Harmful Research Experiments. ___________________________________________________…
Integrity of Scientific Findings Marred Tue, 2 Dec 2003 Two cases shed light on a cultural malaise and the price we pay when scientists fail to adhere to scrupulous scientific methods: Dr. Thomas Butler, chief of infectious diseases division of Texas Tech University, ran afoul of the law; Dr. George…
