Paul D. Thacker

Paul D. Thacker, sometimes bylined as Paul Thacker, is an American journalist who specializes in science, medicine and environmental reporting. He has written for "Science", "JAMA", "Salon", and "Thpisode111/watch.html Expose: America's Investigative Reports] ]

In September 2006, Thacker wrote a story for Salon that reported on political suppression of climate science withhas been a lobbyist for the EOP group, and he had headed up The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC), an industry front created by Big Tobacco. Milloy also runs a couple of non-profits from his home that receive money from Exxon-Mobil. After Thacker, revealed Milloy’s ties to industry, AAAS removed any mention of Milloy from its Web site, but Thacker saved a copy of the Web page which can be found in his story. [citation | title=The junkman climbs to the top | first=Paul D. | last=Thacker | url=http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2005/may/business/pt_junkscience.html | journal=Environmental Science and Technology | date=2005-05-11 | accessdate=2007-07-09 ] [citation | title=In search of Mr. Junk Science and his influence | url=http://notes.sej.org/sej/sejourna.nsf/21fd4c7bbafa1be5862568a50017a819/228a9c78609cd8fd86257099000b0991/$FILE/sej_fa05.pdf | journal=SEJournal | volume=15 | issue=2 | year=2005 | first=Paul D. | last=Thacker | access-date=2007-07-09 ]

Thacker also reported on a product defense company called The Weinberg Group. In the story, Thacker wrote about a letter that The Weinberg Group sent to DuPont outlining a plan to protect DuPont from litigation and regulation over Teflon. [ [http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/feb/business/pt_weinberg.html The Weinberg Proposal] ] The Weinberg Group had done similar work for Big Tobacco and is currently working in Europe to defeat alcohol regulations. [ [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/bmj.39003.629606.BEv1.pdf A European Alcohol Strategy] British Medical Journal]

Thacker’s reporting angered [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_carroll Bill Carroll] a board member of the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Chemical_Society American Chemical Society] . He characterized Thacker’s reporting as “anti-industry.” [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/d/de/Carroll_memo.pdf Memo from Alan Newman to Brian Crawford] ] Bill Carroll is the president of the Vinyl Institute and chairs the ACS committee on executive compensation. Thacker later resigned from his job at ACS. [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/43/SEJ_summer_2007.pdf Investigative Journalism can Produce a "Higher Obligation"] SEJournal, Summer 2007.]

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