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To: Clint E. who wrote (22445)	8/2/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: j g cordes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69026

Clint, I'd assume the opposite.. that most government studies don't inform their volunteer subjects that private corporations will/might one day contact them to challenge what was gathered. Most of the research I've been aware of has been done on a grant basis, or tied to an assumption of benefit.. for example, testing for lead in children who live downstream from a paint factory. I wouldn't assume that these children or others in such cases are obligated in any way to answer to private challenges or retesting. What would happen if they refuse? It seems to me, for fairness, that both privately and publically funded research (when its results impact heavily) should be open to examination. The testing on new compounds we digest through food additives and periferal contamination is very scary... literally thousands and thousands of unknowns we assume are ok because they haven't been challenged. I'm all for obscure, not fully rationalized inquiry.. its the only way we can eventually ask hard questions about the effects of modern industry and technology on our health and our children's inheritance of our often irresponsible activities.