December 6, 2002

Scientists Accuse Toxicology Journal of Industry Ties

By LILA GUTERMAN

KISS AND DISCLOSE: The foxes are guarding the henhouse at a scientific journal that influences public policy, say 45 scientists who signed a letter last month urging the publisher of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology to reform the journal or stop publishing it. They say the publication is little more than an industry mouthpiece.

"Essentially it reads like an industry trade publication, but it's masked as a peer-reviewed journal," says Virginia A. Sharpe, who coordinated the

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