Conflict of Interest in American Academy of Pediatrics Report

U.S. Newswire, February, 2008

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Timothy Lee, 1-703-535-5836, for CFIF

Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana Fails to Disclose Political Activism

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to todays publication of a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on infant exposure to phthalates, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) today criticized the report as a document motivated more by politics than actual science. In addition to the report conveniently omitting well-known scientific risk assessments on phthalates exposure, the AAP deliberately excludes information regarding the authors political activism and apparent bias.

The report, entitled Baby Care Products: Possible Sources of Infant Phthalate Exposure, was authored by Dr....

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