CHEMICAL INDUSTRY WAGES WAR ON ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

November 26, 2003

A news release from the Environmental Working Group reveals that

" the chemical industry plans to conduct a covert campaign attacking

the growing movement in California for more chemical safety

testing, with tactics including the creation of phony front groups

and spying on activists, according to an internal American

Chemistry Council (ACC) memo. ... It recommends to ACC members that

they pay $120,000 a year to Nichols-Dezenhall, a Washington-based

firm that hires former FBI and CIA agents, to conduct 'selective

intelligence gathering ... about the plans, motivations and allies

of opposition activists... Focus on the PP [Precautionary

Principle] movement leadership in the U.S., and in particular,

California.' The memo says Nichols-Dezenhall would also 'create an

independent PP watchdog group to act as an information

clearinghouse and criticize the PP in public and media forums...

The group could be structured as a tax-exempt organization.' " The

EWG release spawned articles in the San Francisco Chroncile and the

Oakland Tribune.

SOURCE: Environmental Working Group, November 20, 2003

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