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To the Editor: The review of Living Downstream, by Berke (Nov. 20 issue),¹ appears to have violated the Journal's policy concerning conflict of interest. Beneath the book review Dr. Berke is identified only by what appears to be a home address, a common designation for a practitioner without institutional affiliations. In fact, Dr. Berke is (or was until recently) a senior official with the W.R. Grace company, a prominent chemical manufacturer. W.R. Grace was a defendant in the landmark Woburn, Massachusetts, lawsuit that alleged leukemia following groundwater contamination. In the current membership directory of the American College of Occupational . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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