DISPUTED PROFESSOR
September 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is reconsidering the appointment of Swedish Professor Ragnar Rylander to its scientific committee on health and environmental risks, following political protests. The European Parliament claimed he was "found by the Swiss court of appeal...to have lied about secret links with the tobacco industry".
THE EUROPEAN Commission is reconsidering the appointment of Swedish Professor Ragnar Rylander to its scientific committee on health and environmental risks, following political protests. The European Parliament claimed he was "found by the Swiss court of appeal...to have lied about secret links with the tobacco industry".
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