Denominada anteriormente The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, es un grupo financiado por la industria y organizado por la agencia de comunicación APCO Associates. Es el centro principal de promoción de la idea de que la ciencia del clima, la del tabaco y demás tóxicos es ‘ciencia basura’ (junk science), que debe ser sustituida por ‘ciencia robusta’ (sound science). Su sede es el domicilio particular de Steven Milloy en Potomac, Maryland. Asimismo, comparte dirección y teléfono con Comparte dirección y teléfono con Citizens for the Integrity of Science.
Fundador:
Ex ‘adjunct scholar’ del Cato Institute
Citizens for the Integrity of Science
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Free Enterprise Action Institute
Co-redactor del Global Climate Science Communications Plan
Columnista y comentarista en Fox News
Editor de JunkScience.com
Columnista en Tech Central Station
Presidente:
The Honorable Garrey Carruthers
Agencias de PR:
Año de fundación:
1993
Misión declarada:
… advocating the use of sound science in public policy decision making. Too often, public policy decisions that are based on inadequate science impose enormous economic costs and other hardships on consumers, businesses and government. Furthermore, these decisions may fail to protect the public’s health and safety.
- Design a set of principles to help guide the application and use of good science in public policy
- Inform public officials, the media and the general public about the consequences of inappropriate science through focusing attention on current examples of unsound government research used to guide policy decisions.
- Establish an educational outreach program to communicate the importance of applying sound scientific standards to public policy decisions and the costs to society resulting from science that is manipulated to achieve political objectives
- Anticipate when science should be used to help support public policy decisions and offer resources to ensure that sound scientific principles are applied
Negaciones
Bloqueadores del canal de calcio
Cambio climático
Estrógenos ambientales
Implantes mamarios de silicona
Tabaco
Personas
Floy Lilley (University of Texas)
Margaret Maxey (University of Texas)
Fred Singer
Director del Science and Environment Policy Project
Orígenes de la financiación
ExxonMobil: $40,000
Philip Morris
Apoyos recibidos
Jack Adler (Ace Lumber & Millwork Co.)
James J . Adler (General Stamping Co .)
William Adler (Stripmatic Products, Inc .)
John R. Alongi (Alongi Enterprises)
Norman Alworth (Materials Processing Tech ., Inc.)
George Anderson (Uvonics Company)
Terry Applegate (Applegate Insulation Mfg., Inc .)
Joseph C. Arborio (Dutchess Quarry & Supply Co .)
Wolfgang Arnold (Span-O-Matic, Inc .)
Steve Baer (Zomeworks Corporation)
John W. Ball (Chicago-Allis Manufacturing)
Patrick Barker (Select Seafood, Inc .)
James W. Barnett (Exact Machine Co .)
Thomas J. Batcheller (Zip Feed Mills, Inc. ‘)
Bruce Bell (Red Sky Corporation)
Joan B. Berkowitz, Ph .D. (Farkas Berkowitz & Co .)
Darren D . Bianchi (Radiant Color)
E. Bills (Coastal Lumber Co .)
Wiley E. Bost (Bost Truck Service, Inc .)
Hal Bowman (Zema Corporation)
David Brenner, M .D. (Columbia University)
Emmit Brooks (Emmit Brooks Recording Studio)
David Brown (Brown Die Casting & Mfg ., Inc.)
Zack Burkett, III (Zack Burkett Company)
Mitch Cappleman (Bits, Inc.)
James P. Carolus (Hillyard Industries, Inc.)
Warren B . Cheston, Ph .D. (The Wistar Institute)
Kenneth W. Chilton, Ph.D. (Individual)
Peter Clapp (Creative Products Inc . of Rossville)
Bernard L . Cohen, Ph .D. (University of Pittsburgh)
Richard Colantuno (Pocono Springs)
Jack Conway (Centerline Circuits, Inc.)
Harvey Cormier (Allied Graphics)
Geraldine V . Cox, Ph.D. (Fluor Daniel, Inc)
Rodney Craig (Coats & Colors, Inc .)
Charles V Cummins (Gemmel Pharmacy Group Inc)
Patrick F. Daly (The Daly Group)
Debbie Daniel (D&L Repair, Inc)
Ron M. Davis (CCL Custom Manufacturing, Inc .)
Kevin M. DelGobbo (Technical Coatings Laboratory)
Kaye R. Desch (Industrial Gasket & Shim)
Robert M. Devlin, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts)
Earl C. Dietz (Dietz Design, Inc .)
Mike Donnelly (Noranda Exploration, Inc.)
Randy Dzaman (Grounds Service Co .)
T.H. Elliott (Troy’s Welding, Inc)
Bill Ellis (Source of Supply, Inc)
Erlean Ellis (Orbital Chemical Corporation)
John J . Espelage (Ameriton Paint Corporation)
Lewis W. Essex (Essex Castings, Inc .)
Sherry Etheridge (Williams Seafood)
Donald A. Evanson (American Plumbing Co .)
Chuck Ferdig (Complete Landscape Care, Inc.)
J.R. Ford (Fanning Schuette, Inc.)
Phyllis N. Foster (Alpena Machine Works)
H. Allen Gibbs (Gibbs Machine Co ., Inc .)
Paul Gibfried (Monett Steel Castings)
Roger W. Gilbert (Gilbert’s Ornamental Metals)
D.E. Gleason (Gleason Holbrook Mfg . Company)
Jimmy Goss (Goss’s Sawmill)
Justin Goss (Goss’s Sawmill)
Richard Grabowsky (Bedlam Manufacturers)
Robert Greene (Cameron Power Systems)
Alan J. Gross, Ph .D. (Medical University of South Carolina)
Calvin J . Hall (Langston University)
Tim Hall (Cicaperl)
Arthur C. Harwood (Harwood Products)
Richard Hayashi (Happy World America Export)
William Hazeltine, Ph .D., (B.C.E. Individual)
Alan Hedge, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Dr. S. Allen Heininger (Past President American Chemical Society)
Sam Heinrich (Provco)
Robert Hiester (Circuit Partners, Inc .)
Dave Henry (Sebastiani Vineyards)
Victor Herbert, MD, JD, FACP (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine & Medical Ctr .)
Charles J . Heringer, Jr. (HERCO)
A. David Imhoff (Troy Chemical Industries, Inc .)
Christina Jackson (Family Loompya Seafood Supermarket)
Gene Jaindl (Allentown Roofmg & Sheet Company)
Phil Johnson (Crop-Maker Soil Service, Inc .)
Henry P. Jordan (Jordan Mechanical Sales, Inc .)
Thomas H. Jukes, Ph.D. (University of California)
Herbert E. Karp (Technical Coatings Laboratory)
Lawrence E. Kase, Ph.D . (Summit Chemical Co .)
Kyd Kendrick (Shotblast Southwest, Inc .)
Ed Kercher (Kercher Machine Works, Inc .)
Richard Kloubec (Individual)
Manfred Kroger, Ph .D. (The Pennsylvania State University)
Mark L. Lacy (The Tierra Group)
Martin Lagina (Terra Energy Limited)
Allen Lahner (Four Seasons Fireplace)
Andrew D.B. Lambie (Cascade Chemical, Inc .)
Joseph Lampert (Wagner Division)
J.B. Langworthy (Drescher Paper Box, Inc .)
Thomas P. Latham (Latham Seed Co .)
George Levinskas, PhD, DAPT (Past President-Academy of Toxicological Sciences)
Robert M. Linsmayer (Vallaune Industries, Inc .)
William J. Lowry (Acro Plastics)
A. C. Macdonald (Specialty Coatings & Chemicals)
Jim Mancil (Fabwell, Inc .)
John C. Martineau (Teledyne Ansonia)
Mildred M. Mason (Form Roll Die Corp .)
Margaret N. Maxey, Ph.D. (Individual)
John McChesney (Leatex Chemical Co .)
Owen McConville (American Coal)
Bud McDougal (Culligan Water Conditioning, Inc.)
Tom McLellan (Tiw Fabrication & Machining)
George B. McNeely (C.R. Metals)
David McWilliam (California Tool & Die)
Dan Medley (Gold-Silver Exploration)
William Mellander (Wilbar Manufacturing Co .)
J. G. Merrion (Merrion Oil & Gas Corporation)
Patrick J . Michaels, Ph .D. (University of Virginia)
Dennis Minshall (Worthington Industries)
Raphael Mishan (Cast Well, Inc .)
Anthony Mitchell (Pro-Line Paint Manufacturing Co .)
John D. Moore (Ohio Metal Products Co.)
William T . Morris (The York Water Company)
W.F. Morrisette (Morrisette Paper Co .)
Randy Morrison (Individual)
Jane L. Mottice (Canton Alloys, Inc .)
Gary Munson (Amoco Production Co)
Dennis Nuhfer W.R (Grace & Co)
The Honorable Daniel Oliver (Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission)
Jane M. Orient, M .D. (University of Arizona)
Jan Orlowski Scientific (Pharmaceutical)
Larry Owens (Atlanta Sundries, Inc.)
Alan M. Park (Rudd Company)
Jack N. Peck (Mercury Tool & Machine, Inc .)
George J. Petredean (Calhoun Foundry Company)
Jim Phillips (Dow Chemical Corporation)
Dr. Bruce (Piasecki Rensselaer)
John Pierce (Composite Marine Structures)
R. L. Pierce Home (Concrete & Supply Co .)
David Pilger (Industrial Equipment & Supplies)
John A. Plouse (Plouse Machine Shop)
Paul Pomeroy (Pomeroy Lumber, Inc .)
John Ponton Fairfield (Chemical Company)
Joe Poteat (Cairn Studio Limited)
Ken Pruitt (Lone Star Farm & Home)
John J. Quinlan (Croll Reynolds Engineering Co ., Inc .)
David Rabb (Pall Mall Manufacturing Co .)
Robert Rafanelli (Par Packaging, Inc .)
The Honorable Christopher Rants (Iowa House of Representatives)
Donald Reed (Geotrace Technologies)
Buck Rhodes (RhoMed, Inc .)
Jim Rich (Catfish Wholesale, Inc .)
Richard Robinson (Woodhaven Lumber & Millwork)
Frank Ruffm (Boericke & Tafel)
Sunny Ryerson (Waterbury Companies, Inc .)
Bill Salter (Clovis News Journal)
Peter Samuel (Journalist)
Charles F . Schaffstall (Schaffstall Manufacturing Co .)
John Schmader (Tool Die Engineering Co.)
David Schmidt (Schmidt Industries)
Robert C . Schnabel (Ross Chem, Inc.)
Carl D. Schulze (Schulze Manufacturing)
Jane S . (Shaw Political Economy Research Center)
Stu Silverman (Maintex, Inc.)
The Honorable Dan Shelley (Texas State Senate)
Gerald Sirkin (The City College of New York (Retired))
Joe Slone, Jr. (Kay Chemical Company)
Douglas D . Smith (Broco, Inc .)
Betty R . Smulian (Trimble House Corporation)
James Smulian (Pinckneyville Lighting)
David R. St. John (New Mexico Products, Inc.)
Entradas relacionadas
Referencias
- Steven J. Milloy. The “Junkman” exposed – Americans for Nonsmoker’s Rights – February 2006 – Americans for Nonsmoker’s Rights – http://www.no-smoke.org/getthefacts.php?id=482
“In 1999, Milloy became an “adjunct scholar” with the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC that received at least $100,000 from PM and $50,000 from R.J. Reynolds in 1995 (ref) Cato’s board of directors includes Rupert Murdoch, who also sits on PM’s board.30 The Cato Institute has published three books by Milloy—Science Without Sense; Silencing Science; and Junk Science Judo: Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.” - Advancement of Sound Science Center – Wikipedia – 27/12/2009 – Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advancement_of_Sound_Science_Center
“Following the revelation of links between TASSC, Milloy and the tobacco industry, largely as a result of lawsuits brought against the industry by US state governments, Milloy left the Cato Institute. Milloy maintains TASSC and a similar organisation, Citizens for the Integrity of Science based at his home in Maryland. The website for CFIS, formerly at cfis.org is no longer active … The internet site, CFIS.org Citizens for the Integrity of Science, is registered to Steven Milloy’s home address in Potomac, MD, with Milloy listed as the administrative contact. In a May 11, 1999 Freedom of Information Act filed by Citizens for the Integrity of Science posted on the Junkscience web page, Steve Milloy listed himself and Michael Gough of the Competitive Enterprise Institute as directors of Citizens for the Integrity of Science, with TASSC’s old 1155 Connecticut address and contact info, which is also Milloy’s current business address. [13] The IRS has announced that as of August 17, 2009 the Center no longer qualifies under Code Sec. 170(c)(2) as an organization for which deductions for charitable contributions are allowed.” - Advancement of Sound Science Center – Wikipedia – 27/12/2009 – Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advancement_of_Sound_Science_Coalition
“The Advancement of Sound Science Center (TASSC), formerly the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, is an industry-funded lobby group which promotes the idea that … global warming is «junk science», which should be replaced by «sound science». It is operated by Steven Milloy from his home in Potomac, Maryland.” - Defending Hot Air: TASSC Takes On Global Warming – PR Watch – 01/06/1997 – http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q3/tassc.html
“The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition is an industry-funded PR front group run by the APCO public relations firm which works to hang the label of «junk science» on environmentalists. TASSC is using a thousand-dollar «Global Warming Sweepstakes» to generate letters to President Clinton on the issue of global warming.” - FP Comment proudly announces new junk science prize! – Financial Post – 15/06/2009 – http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/fp-comment-proudly-announces-new-junk-science-prize.aspx
“The Rubber Duck Award is named in recognition of the work of Rick Smith, executive director of Canada’s Environmental Defence lobby group and one of Canada’s leading purveyors of junk science. One of his claims is that toy rubber ducks can kill, a distortion of scientific fact so great that it deserves to have an award named after it.” - Derek Yach and Stella Aguinaga Bialous (2001) – Junking Science to Promote Tobacco – American Journal of Public Health 91:1745-1748
“Dr. Fred Singer, was involved with the International Center for a Scientific Ecology, a group that was considered important in Philip Morris’ plans to create a group in Europe similar to The Advancement for Sound Science Coalition (TASSC), as discussed by Ong and Glantz … For tobacco control research, the challenges are not over, but they have changed. No longer will tobacco companies dispute the scientific evidence that active smoking of traditional cigarettes causes harm. However, they continue to deny the scientific evidence about the harm caused by exposure to secondhand smoke and continue to suggest ventilation as an alternative to smoking bans in public places.” - APCO Associates – Proposed Plan for the Public Launch of TASSC (Through 1993) – 20/09/1993 – http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hwi82c00/pdf + Handwritten Comments by Philip Morris
“»Isn’t it true that Philip Morris created TASSC to act as a front group for it? A: No, not at all. As a large corporation, PM belongs to many national, regional, and state business, public policy, and legislative organisations. PM has contributed to TASSC, as we have with various groups and corporations across the country … We are not in a position to suggest that TASSC examine any issue; it’s an independent organization and will no doubt proceed as best they determine” - Web Archive – About TASCC – http://web.archive.org/web/19980112135500/www.tassc.org/about.html
«TASSC’s Role Is To: Design a set of principles to help guide the application and use of good science in public policy. Inform public officials, the media and the general public about the consequences of inappropriate science through focusing attention on current examples of unsound government research used to guide policy decisions. Establish an educational outreach program to communicate the importance of applying sound scientific standards to public policy decisions and the costs to society resulting from science that is manipulated to achieve political objectives. Anticipate when science should be used to help support public policy decisions and offer resources to ensure that sound scientific principles are applied.» - Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber – How Big Tobacco Helped Create «the Junkman» – PR Watch – 36708 – – http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.html
«In Texas, local TASSC recruits involved in the launch included Dr. Margaret Maxey and Floy Lilley, both of the University of Texas. «The Clean Air Act is a perfect example of laboratory science being superficially applied to reality,» Lilley said. Carruthers took the opportunity to inveigh against politicized uses of science by the Environmental Protection Agency «to make science ‘fit’ with the political leanings of special interests.» EPA’s studies, he complained, «are frequently carried out without the benefit of peer review or quality assurance.» - Union of Concerned Scientists (2007) – Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air. How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science – Union of Concerned Scientists – http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdf
“ExxonMobil and its partners no doubt understood that, with the scientific evidence against them, they would not be able to influence reputable scientists. The 1998 memo proposed that ExxonMobil and its public relations partners “develop and implement a national media relations program to inform the media about uncertainties in climate science.” [APCO Associates, 1993, Revised plan for the public launching of TASSC (through 1993), Washington, DC, 15/10/11993 http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2045930493-0504.html Bates 2045930493-2045930504] - The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) – 12/01/1998 – http://web.archive.org/web/19980112135500/www.tassc.org/about.html
“… advocating the use of sound science in public policy decision making. Too often, public policy decisions that are based on inadequate science impose enormous economic costs and other hardships on consumers, businesses and government. Furthermore, these decisions may fail to protect the public’s health and safety.” - Union of Concerned Scientists (2007) – Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air. How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science – http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdf
«Milloy’s organization had been secretly formed in 1993 by tobacco giant Philip Morris with the goal of creating uncertainty about the health hazards posed by secondhand smoke.» - ExxonMobil Helps Form ‘Global Climate Science Team’ – History Commons – http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=GlobalClimateScienceTeam#GlobalClimateScienceTeam
«ExxonMobil helps create the Global Climate Science Team (GCST), a small task force that is charged with discrediting the scientific consensus opinion that greenhouse gases are warming the planet. Members of the task force include ExxonMobil’s senior environmental lobbyist, Randy Randol; the American Petroleum Institute’s public relations representative, Joe Walker; and Steven Milloy, who heads a nonprofit organization called the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition.»
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