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Here's a Missive No One Wants to Write

Aug 21, 2007

According to the bloggers at Effect Measure, NIEHS director David Schwartz has "announced he is temporarily stepping aside" while NIH Director Elias Zerhouni "conducts an internal review of NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program ... both of which have come under fire from congressional, internal and outside critics," the post says. The move is to "ensure the independent nature of the review," according to Schwartz's e-mail, also posted on Effect Measure. Here's the official press release from NIH.

 

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