-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "F.M.Sielaff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Freedom Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Friendly Patriotic Exchange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: [FPE] California Researchers Defend Using Humans > Courtesy of the AP at http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAIM7QB4GC.html for > our ongoing education regarding "beneficial" scientific research. > > Nov 28, 2000 - 08:07 PM > California Researchers Defend Using Humans in Study of Toxin > > By Tom Verdin > Associated Press Writer > > LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - Doctors doing a study of a toxic water > pollutant defended feeding it to human participants, saying the > potential medical benefit outweighed the risk. > > The Loma Linda University Medical Center researchers held a news > conference Tuesday to respond to media reports raising concerns about > people being given doses of perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel > that has contaminated ground water in parts of Southern California. > > The hospital's institutional review board, which oversees clinical > trials, concluded that participants would face minimal risk. Researchers > said the perchlorate doses being given in the study are about 100 times > lower than those given to people who are prescribed perchlorate for > thyroid illnesses. > > Dr. Anthony Firek, the study's principal investigator, said the dosages > are also lower than those given in a study published earlier this year > by Harvard University. Nine men received 10 milligrams of perchlorate > daily in that study. > > Loma Linda researchers are giving participants doses ranging from a > half-milligram to three milligrams. Half of the participants get > placebos. > > But the daily doses in the Loma Linda study are still up to 83 times > higher than drinking-water limits for perchlorate recommended by > California's Department of Health Services. > > Dr. William Saukel, chairman of Loma Linda's review board, said the > study likely will produce information beneficial to the population as a > whole. > > So far, just eight people have enrolled in the study, which began in > early October. Researchers hope to eventually enroll 100 people who each > will be paid $1,000 for seven months of participation. > > Participants are informed of the risks of the research, which include > bone marrow suppression, lessening of white and red blood cell counts > and thyroid problems. > > Lockheed Martin - which faces hundreds of lawsuits accusing it of > creating perchlorate pollution and threatening the health of San > Bernardino and Riverside counties' residents - is paying for the study. > The aerospace company's officials have said the study will help > determine the health risk of perchlorate. > > Barry Taylor, Loma Linda's vice president for research affairs, said > university officials discussed the company's possible motivations. "But > on the other hand," he said, "people on the committee recognized that > they could see medical use coming out of this." > > The idea for the study came from medical researchers, not Lockheed, > researchers said. > > Firek said the study is being conducted to determine how best to > diagnose and treat any illnesses caused by perchlorate in drinking > water. > > Perchlorate has been used as a rocket-fuel oxidizer since the 1940s, and > is thought to have contaminated water supplies in parts of Riverside and > San Bernardino counties, as well as the San Gabriel Valley east of Los > Angeles. > > In large doses, it can slow down the thyroid, which produces the hormone > that controls infants' brain development and growth in older children. > In adults, the thyroid regulates such things as temperature and blood > cholesterol. Some people with thyroid illnesses are prescribed > perchlorate to help treat their conditions. > > Firek indicated that doctors treating such patients are seeing some > problems they think could be related to perchlorate. A clinical trial is > the only way to determine whether that is the case, he said. > > --- > > On the Net: > Perchlorate information: > http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/perchlor/perchlo.html > Loma Linda Medical Center: http://www.llu.edu/llumc/ > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > eGroups eLerts > It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! > http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/223934/_/975470994/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > > > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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