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The Junkscience web site was supposedly run by a pseudo-grassroots organization called [[The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition]] (===TASSC), organized by APCO for Philip Morris,<ref>Apco Associates [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/aly03e00 Revised Plan for the Public Launching of TASSC (through 930000)] REport. 12 pp. October 15, 1993. Philip Morris Bates No. 2045930493/0504</ref> which initially paid ex-Governor [[Garrey Carruthers]] of New Mexico as a [[Front groups|front]].<ref>Jack Lenzi, Philip Morris [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gwi82c00 TASSC] Memo. 2 pp. February 22, 1994. Bates No. 2078848225/8226</ref> Milloy actually ran it from the back-room, and issued the press releases. Then when Carruthers resigned, Milloy started to call himself "Director." [[Bonner Cohen]] -- who also worked for APCO -- became "President."{{fact}}===
Initially all of this The Junkscience web site was funded by Philip Morris, but later PM broadened the focus to gather even more funding supposedly run by garnering participation from energy, pharmaceutical, chemical companies. TASSC's funders include a pseudo-grassroots organization called [[3MThe Advancement of Sound Science Coalition]](TASSC), [[Amoco]]organized by APCO for Philip Morris, <ref>Apco Associates [[Chevron]http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/aly03e00 Revised Plan for the Public Launching of TASSC (through 930000)]REport. 12 pp. October 15, [[Dow Chemical]], [[Exxon]], [[General Motors]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]], [[Lorillard]] Tobacco, [[Louisiana Chemical Association]], [[National Pest Control Association]], [[Occidental Petroleum]], [[1993. Philip Morris]] Companies, Bates No. 2045930493/0504</ref> APCO initially paid ex-Governor [[Procter & GambleGarrey Carruthers]], [[Santa Fe Pacific Gold]], and of New Mexico to head this pseudo-[[W.R. GraceFront groups|front]], the asbestos and pesticide manufacturers. <ref>Jack Lenzi, Philip Morris [ http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/sdf47d00 N100 (The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (gwi82c00 TASSC) Supporters List)] ListMemo. 14 2 pp. DecemberFebruary 22, 1994. Philip Morris Bates No. 20702700982078848225/01118226</ref> Milloy originally was the back-room researcher and functionary who issued the press releases. Then when Carruthers resigned, Milloy started to call himself "Director" and his friend and associate [[Bonner Cohen]] (who also worked for APCO) became "President".
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{{#badges:Atrazine Exposed|Tobaccowiki}}[[Image:StevenMilloy.jpg|thumb|right|Steven Milloy]]'''Steven J. Milloy''' is a columnist for [[Fox News]] and a paid advocate for [[Phillip Morris]], [[ExxonMobil]] and other corporations. From the 1990s until the end of 2005, he was an adjunct scholar at the libertarian [[think tank]] the [[Cato Institute]]. His main claim to fame, however, was as the junk-science arbiter at the head of [[The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition]] (later Center) ([[TASSC]]). This pseudo-association was established for the tobacco industry by [[APCO]], which at that time was virtually Philip Morris's private public relations company.
Milloy runs the TASSC's website [[Junk science|Junkscience.com]], which is dedicated to debunking what he alleges to be false claims regarding passive smoking, [[global warming]], DDT, environmental radicalism and scare science among other topics.[http://www.junkscience.com/define.htm] His other website, [[CSR Watch.com]], is focused around on attacking the [[corporate social responsibility]] movement. He is also head of heads the [[Free Enterprise Action Fund]], a mutual fund he runs as a partnership with tobacco science executive [[Thomas J. Borelli]], who now happens to be listed as the secretary of the [[Advancement of Sound Science Center]], an organisation Milloy operates from his home in Potomac, Maryland.
Milloy holds claims to hold a B.A. in Natural Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Health Sciences in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore, and a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center.[http://www.junkscience.com/Junkman.html]
In January 2006, Paul D. Thacker, a journalist who specializes in science, medicine and environmental topics, reported in ''The New Republic'' that Milloy has received thousands of dollars in payments from the [[Phillip Morris]] company since the early nineties, and that NGOs astroturfs controlled by Milloy have received large payments from [[ExxonMobil]] [https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20060206&s=thacker020606]. A spokesperson for [[Fox News]] stated, "Fox News was unaware of Milloy's connection with Philip Morris. Any affiliation he had should have been disclosed."
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==Milloy the Lobbyist==
Milloy has spent much of his life as a lobbyist for major corporations and trade organizations which have poisioning or polluting problems. He originally ran the [http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=56 National Environmental Policy Institute] (NEPI) which was founded by Republican Rep [[Don Ritter]] (who tried to get [[tobacco industry]] funding) using oil and gas industry funding.<ref>ExxonSecrets Factsheet: [[National Environmental Policy Institute]],[http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=56], Factsheet, accessed January 19, 2012.</ref> Ritter also tried to get [[tobacco industry]] funding, but NEPI was dedicated to transforming both challenging the cost of Superfund toxic cleanups ordered by the [[EPA]] and the [[FDA]], and challenging the cost transforming both of Superfund toxic cleanups by these large corporationsgovernment authorities to make them less effective.
NEPI was also associated with the [[Air Quality Standards Coalition]] (AQSC) which was devoted to weakening Clean Air laws. This organization 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 (to the point of heading) the "sound-science" movement. Its most effective ploy was to label scientific findings that were detrimental to the large funding corporations as "junk." Milloy was one of its most effective lobbyists because he wrote well, and used humor-- and because, until recently, it was impossible to document his connection to the control and funding by the tobacco companies.
Milloy joined [[Philip Morris]]'s specialist-science/PR company [[APCO & Associates]] in 1992 as a consultant, working behind the scenes on a business venture known as the corporate threat newsletter ''"[[Issues Watch]]"''.<ref>[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/tzy67c00 Notes of Meeting CA Legal Support] Memorandum. 1 page. March 21, 2000. Philip Morris Bates No. 2078856239</ref> By this time, APCO had been taken over sold to another company, Grey Marketing, and become the newsletter then became a part of the world-wide [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market Grey Marketing] organization, and so . Milloy was then able to use the international organization this network as a feed source for propaganda services to a wider range of corporations who had international poisoning and polluting problems.{{fact}}
''Issues Watch '' bulletins were only given out to paying customers, so Milloy started for and APCO established the "Junkscience.com" web site, which gave him an outlet to attack health and environmental activists, and scientists who published findings not supportive of his client's businesses. Like most good PR it mixes some good, general criticism of science and science-reporting, with some outright distorted distortions, lies, and manipulative pieces.
Initially all of this was funded by Philip Morris, but later PM broadened the focus to gather even more funding by garnering participation from energy, pharmaceutical, chemical companies. TASSC's funders eventually included [[3M]], [[Amoco]], [[Chevron]], [[Dow Chemical]], [[Exxon]], [[General Motors]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]], [[Lorillard]] Tobacco, [[Louisiana Chemical Association]], [[National Pest Control Association]], [[Occidental Petroleum]], [[Philip Morris]] Companies, [[Procter & Gamble]], [[Santa Fe Pacific Gold]], and [[W.R. Grace]], the asbestos and pesticide manufacturers. <ref>[ http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/sdf47d00 N100 (The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) Supporters List)] List. 14 pp. December, 1994. Philip Morris Bates No. 2070270098/0111</ref> [[TASSC]] was then eventually exposed publicly as a fraud, and so Milloy established the [[Citizens for the Integrity of Science]] to take over the running of the Junkscience.com web site.{{fact}}
==Radioactive Junk==
== Funding ==
Milloy also apparently still runs the [[Advancement of Sound Science Center]] and the [[Free Enterprise Action Institute]]. Those two groups—apparently run out of Milloy’s home—received $90,000 from [[ExxonMobil]]. Key quote: The date of Kyoto’s implementation will "live in scientific and economic infamy." Connections to ExxonMobil-funded groups: at least five.<ref>'' Mother Jones'' magazine [http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/exxon_chart.html Put a Tiger in Your Think Tank, Part II] Chart/list. April 18, 2005. Accessed April 13, 2009</ref>
Writing in ''The New Republic'' in January 2006 Paul Thacker noted Milloy's long-term, close relationships with corporations, including ExxonMobil and [[Philip Morris]]. "According to Lisa Gonzalez, manager of external communications for Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, Milloy was under contract there through the end of last year," Thacker wrote. "But, whereas Scripps Howard fired Fumento and apologized to its readers, Fox News continues to look the other way as Milloy accepts corporate handouts," Thacker writes. Fox's Paul Schur told Thacker, "Fox News is unaware of Milloy's connection with Philip Morris." [https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20060206&s=thacker020606]
