2006年03月01日
ENS美國,華盛頓特區報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校
美國2月23日出刊的一份科學期刊揭露一份秘密文件,其中顯示聯邦政府在制訂更嚴格的工作環境六價鉻背景值標準時,鉻產業也極力爭取,欲阻擋政府訂定出更低的背景值上限,而此時,受到鉻產業資助的科學家則對政府隱瞞了重要的數據。揭發此事的報告目前已上網公開下載,詳見 http://www.ehjournal.net/imedia/1517239368845801_article.pdf?random=672770。
Chromium Industry Withheld Evidence of Workplace Cancer Risk
Scientists funded by the chromium industry withheld from the U.S. government key data supporting a strict standard for workplace exposure to hexavalent chromium while the chromium industry fought to block a lower federal workplace exposure level for the potentially deadly metal, according to secret industry documents published Thursday in a scientific journal.