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Injurywatch discovers secret payments for anti-smoking cancer-link Oxford academic Sir Richard Doll by asbestos and chemical industry — by Rory O'Neill and Conrad Murray — last modified 11-12-2006 11:30

injurywatch has found a series of secret payments from environmental polluters to the leading Oxford University cancer researcher Sir Richard Doll may have compromised his integrity. By choosing the epidemiological evidence to seemingly omit higher risk groups, adequate health warnings may have failed to have been given. Doll's work certainly seems to have protected the interests of his now proven paymasters in the chemical and asbestos industries and may have led to inadequate protection or warnings for millions of people worldwide.

Top scientists turn out in defence of Sir Richard Doll — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 11-12-2006 07:21

Last night, as was to be expected, top scientists turned out in support of Sir Richard Doll. Open letters were published as follows in The Times:

Big academic guns roll out (again) to protect Richard Doll's reputation — by Murdo Maguire — last modified 11-12-2006 07:22

It was no surprise to see the big scientific and academic guns being wheeled out in defence of Sir Richard Doll's reputation. Despite clear and obvious flaws in his studies and massive undeclared payments made to him from interested parties at the time, Sir Richard was always an establishment and industry favourite. Here injurywatch poses the questions his supporters must answer...