Fwd: BEIR VII Meeting Postponed

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@lanl.gov>]

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>From: "Rick Jostes" <rjostes@nas.edu>
>To: "Rick Jostes" <rjostes@nas.edu>
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:11:38 -0400
>Subject: BEIR VII meeting postponed
>
>The  first  information-gathering  meeting  of  the  National  Research
> Council committee  examining  "health  risks  from  exposure  to 
>low levels of ionizing radiation" (BEIR VII-phase 2), which had been
>scheduled for June 27 and 28, 1999 in  Philadelphia, has been
>postponed and will be rescheduled in the near future.
>
>This  information-gathering meeting has been postponed in order
>for the Research Council  to  have  more  time  to  assess  the
>appropriate balance and potential conflict of interest issues
>associated with the membership of this committee.
>
>No  appointment  of  a  Research Council committee is considered
>final until the Academy   has   evaluated   relevant  information 
>bearing  on  the  committee's composition  and  balance.   This 
>information includes the confidential written disclosures to the
>Academy by each member-designate concerning potential sources
>of  bias  and  conflict  of  interest  pertaining  to  his or her service on
>the committee;  information  from  discussion  of  the  committee's 
>composition and balance conducted in closed session with the
>provisional members; and the public comments  on  the 
>membership  that have been received by the Academy during the
>public  comment  period.  It  is  through  this  review process that the
>Academy evaluates  whether the committee contains the requisite
>expertise to address its task  and  whether  the  points  of  views  of
>individual members are adequately balanced  in  the  Academy's
>view such that the committee as a whole can address its charge
>objectively based on the scientific information available to
> it.
>
>The  membership  may  be  changed by the Academy as a result of
>this process, in which case, an additional 20 calendar day public
>comment period will be allowed.
>
>The  first  information-gathering  committee  meeting, which will be
>open to the public  and will allow for public input, will be
>rescheduled and held a s soon as possible.  Advance notice of this
>meeting and its agenda will be posted  as usual on the Academy's
>web site (www.nas.edu) under Current Projects.
>
>Rick Jostes
>Study Director, BEIR VII

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