Meanwhile, the University of Guelph confirmed that two of the former manufacturers of Agent Orange, Dow Chemical and Monsanto Corp., fund ongoing projects at the university that do not involve Ritter.
Carol Brown Parker, president of the Agent Orange Association of Canada, believes the University of Guelph’s ties to Dow and Monsanto could potentially affect the impartiality of the panel. “In my opinion, yes it does,” Parker said.
“Although the University of Guelph and many of its research scientists have done work over the decades with a variety of different private corporations, I guess it’s up to your readers to try to decide if that itself represents undue influence on the nature of Dr. Ritter’s findings,” Moccia said. “I would say there’s absolutely no support for that philosophy and no evidence that that would be the case with Dr. Ritter.”
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