November 19, 2004
Peer Reviewers Are Subpoenaed in Cancer Lawsuit Against Chemical Companies
BRIEF INTERLUDE: What's the difference between peer review and judicial review? Some scholars are about to find out. Lawyers representing more than 20 chemical companies have taken the unusual step of issuing subpoenas to five peer reviewers of a scholarly book as part of litigation over the alleged health risks of a widely used chemical compound.
The peer reviewers, who are historians and health experts, have been summoned for questioning this month in the case, which pits a former
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