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Milloy has spent much of his life as a lobbyist for major corporations and trade organisations which have poisioning or polluting problems. He originally ran NEPI ([http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=56 National Environmental Policy Institute]) which was founded by Republican Rep [[Don Ritter]] (who tried to get [[tobacco industry]] funding) using oil and gas industry funding. NEPI was dedicated to transforming both the [[EPA]] and the [[FDA]], and challenging the cost of Superfund toxic cleanups by these large corporations.
NEPI was also associated with the AQSC ([[Air Quality Standards Coalition]]) which was devoted to emasculating Clean Air laws. This organisation took up the cry of "we need [[sound science]]" from the chemical industry as a way to counter claims of pollution -- and Milloy became involved in what became known as the "sound-science" movement. Its most effective ploy was to label science not beneficial to the large funding corporations as "junk" -- and Milloy was one of its most effective lobbyists because he wrote well, and used humour (Similar to [[P. J. O'Rourke]] was another -- but better!)
He joined [[Philip Morris]]'s specialist-science/PR company [[APCO & Associates]] in 1992, working behind the scenes on a business venture known as "[[Issues Watch]]". By this time, APCO had been taken over and become a part of the world-wide [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market Grey Marketing] organization, and so Milloy was able to use the international organization as a feed source for services to corporations who had international problems.
