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Archival Articles 2000-2005

Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in Africa

The African Herbal Industry: Constraints and Challenges

FDA Proposes Labeling and Manufacturing Standards For All Dietary Supplements

EU Restricts Vitamins and Alternative Remedies

Parliament Restricts Use of Herbal Medicines

Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive

Curbing Herbal Remedies

Conventional Medicine Far Riskier Than Supplements

War on Natural Health Products Escalates
“What’s next from Health Canada’s Keystone Cops?”

CanadianFood Inspectors Probing Nutritional Supplements

Alt Med and Nutritional Supplements In the Crosshairs

Why are Primates in Forests Healthier than Us?

More Canadians Seeking Alternative Health Care

The Consequences of No Health Insurance

Hospitals can End Life Support

Are Nonprofit Hospitals Gouging the Poor?

Strokes Deadliest for Southern Blacks

Study: Blacks get Less Treatment For Cancer

Blacks Dying for Lack of Health Care

CDC Finds Gaping Racial Disparities in Health

Preventable Medical Errors in Canada Contribute to up to 24,000 Deaths a Year

195,000 U.S. Deaths Blamed on Hospital Error

WHO Takes Aim at Reducing Medical Mistakes

AIDS could Kill 80 Million Africans by 2025
Infections may skyrocket if prevention efforts fail, says U.N.

Charges of Money Ties in AIDS Drug Probe
Six of nine panel members financially linked to agency

NYC Health Officials Find New, Virulent HIV Strain

Woman Died during AIDS Drug Study

Government-funded researchers administered medication

NIH Dismissed Concerns about AIDS Treatment

White House stands by U.S. decision to send drug to Africa

AIDS Research Chief rewrote Drug Safety Report
Ordered flawed study resumed despite staff objections

The National Institutes of Health: Public Servant or Private Marketer?

44 Percent of Americans Take Prescription Drugs

Doctors' Body Accuses Drug Firms of 'Disease Mongering'

Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits

Glaxo Sued for 'Drug Claim Fraud'

FDA: Two HIV Drug Ads Misleading

FDA called Lax on Misleading Drug Ads

Prozac Affects Babies, Sexual Function, Report Says

Antidepressant Makers Withhold Data

Eli Lilly Knew Prozac had 1200% Higher Suicide Rate

WHO: Legal Drugs Pose Greatest Health Threat

Drug Causing GIs Permanent Brain Damage

Glaxo Chief: Our Drugs Do Not Work on Most Patients

The Pharmaceutical "Business with Disease"

AIDS Drug Price Jump Prompts Lawsuit

The FDA: Hazardous to Your Health?

You Want a Moral Issue? How about Drugs that Don't Kill?

Critics say FDA in Danger of Losing Public Trust

Reputation of the FDA in Shambles after Vioxx Scandal

10 on FDA Vioxx Panel had Ties to Companies

U.S. May Pull Painkillers, Researchers Say
New studies reveal additional risks of COX-2 inhibitors

Health Minister Attacks Makers of Vioxx

Painkillers may Damage Small Intestines

FDA Urges Alternatives to Celebrex

Pfizer finds increased heart risk with pain reliever

Arthritis Drugs Linked to Hardened Arteries

Vioxx Linked To 140,000 Heart Attacks, 44% Fatal

Despite Warnings, Drug Giant Took Long Path to Vioxx Recall

More Proof of Celebrex's Safety Sought

Report: Bextra Heart Risks Similar to Vioxx

Study: Merck Should Have Pulled Vioxx in 2000

Report: Vioxx Linked to Thousands of Deaths

FDA Accused of Silencing Vioxx Warnings

FDA Issues Warning on Arthritis Drug

Eli Lilly Knew Prozac had 1200% Higher Suicide Rate

Nervous System Drugs Linked to Leukemia

Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Problems

FDA Panel Reviews Anti-Depressants' Suicide Link

FDA Plans New Antidepressant Warnings

FDA Considers Experimenting on Healthy Kids

Study hopes to better understand ADHD in children

FDA Warns About Hyperactivity Drug Risks

Mental Illness Screening Plan A Boon For Drug Makers

Drug Makers to Profit from Bush Scheme to Label Kids Mentally Ill

Ritalin 'Linked To Chromosome Abnormalities'

Death From Ritalin - The Truth Behind ADHD

FDA Approves Implant for Depression

New Law Bans Forced Psychiatric Drugging Of Children

Congress Funds Mandatory Psychological Tests for Kids

President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

lllinois Launches Compulsory Mental Health Screening

Treating Cocaine Addiction With Viruses

New Addiction Drugs in the Medicine Cabinet?

New US Mental Health Initiative Forwards Psychiatry's Brave New World

U.S. Blocks Drugs Sent from Canada

Feds: Regulating Drug Imports Too Costly

U.S. Buys Flu Shots Not Approved In U.S.

Vaccine Won't Prevent Next Flu Pandemic

Biotech Firms Eye Flu Shots

Flu Pandemic Inevitable, Plans Needed Urgently -WHO

FDA Saw Problems at Flu Vaccine Plant in 2003

Britain: U.S. Was Told of Vaccine Shortage

Officials Warn of Major Flu Shot Shortages

Knowledge Fades as Africa Languages Die

Right-Wing African-American Civil Rights Group Works

Hand in Hand with Monsanto & Bushies

Traditional Use of Herbs Should be Considered in Claims

New Tradition for African Healthcare

Traditional Herbal Remedies can Help against a Range of Illnesses

Hands Off Vitamins and Herbs

Herbal Medicine Boom Threatens Plants

Herbal Medicine, Pure and Simple

Out of Africa: A Database of 7,000 Useful Plants

African Plants Reveal Potent Healing Activity

Herb Offers Hope to Africans Ravaged by Malaria

Indigenous Plants May Help Diabetes Sufferers

St John's Wort 'Better Than Drugs For Depression'

Seasonale: Fooling Mother Nature

Ancient Herbal Rival for the Pill

Western States back Medical Marijuana

Supreme Court to Weigh Medical Marijuana

EU Patent Office Revokes USA "Biopiracy" Patent on Fungicide

Focus on Biopiracy in Africa

In Africa the Hoodia cactus keeps men alive.

Now its secret is 'stolen' to make us thin

Native healers want drug company cooperation

Marginalised San win royalties from diet drug

Privatising the Means for Survival:

The commercialisation of Africa's biodiversity

Biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights:
Implications for Indigenous People of South Africa

BIODIVERSITY: Herbal Plants, Uses to be Listed Quickly

China, Brazil, India, 9 Other Nations Form Alliance Against Biopiracy

*Don’t Let Biopiracy Spoil Revitalisation of Indigenous Health Systems/Honey Beats Superbugs***

Bugs and Weeds Enlisted to Fight Terrorists

Indigenous Science: A Star in Africa's Future?

Using Natural Pesticides: Current and Future Perspectives

APPENDIX 2: The "Cream of the Crop" - A List of Plants with Broad-Spectrum Pesticidal Properties

BBC Radio 4 Broadcast on: Problems of Accumulated Obsolete "Chemical" Pesticides in Africa

DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Civilization Destroying a Great Pharmacy

SOS From the Indigenous Peoples of Putamayo. Columbia

Spraying Program Hurts Columbia's Small Farmers

Drug Control and Herbicide Spraying in Columbia

The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die

A Cocktail of Pesticide Problems

Bush Administration Threatens Lives with Anti-drugs Efforts

Bush Eases Pesticide Reviews for Endangered Species

EPA Making Illegal, Secret Agreements with Pesticide Makers

Threatening Public Health, Lawsuit Charges

EPA Plan to Study Pesticides' Effect on Kids

EPA Embraces Human Pesticide Dosing Without Safeguards

Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”— No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses

Pesticide In Cola Leads To Cancer

Pesticides the Root Cause of Birth Defects in Farmworkers

Vietnam War Victims of Agent Orange Poisoning Sue U.S. Chemical Companies

*Vietnamese Claiming to be Victims of Agent Orange Decry US Dismissal of Lawsuit***

GLYPHOSATE, Part 1: Toxicology.

GLYPHOSATE, Part 2: Human Exposure and Ecological Effects.

A Greenpeace Report - "Not Ready for Roundup"

Why Consumers and Farmers Should Avoid Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Soybeans"

Acrylamide In Cooked Foods: The Glyphosate Connection

Monsanto Steadily Poisoning the World with Roundup

Toronto Bans Lawn Chemicals

Bayer Found Responsible for Poisoning of Children in Peru

U.S. EPA Gives Rice Herbicide High Toxicity Rating

Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer

GM Crops Linked to Rise in Pesticide Use

Pesticide Residues Highlighted in Lettuce Samples

Genetically Modified Crops in the United States

US Will Officially Legalize Genetic Pollution of Crops

Third EU GM Food Approval on the Way?

GM Trade War Outcome Delayed

Thailand Taking the Disastrous Path to GMOs

Genetic Mutation of Mexican Maize

Protesters destroy French GM crop

Monsanto Scraps Biotech Wheat Plan

EU Ends Ban on Biotech Food

US Seeks £1bn from Europe over GM Ban

Two-thirds of US Crops GM Contaminated, Claims Report

U.S. Loses Round in Biotech Trade War

Poll Shows huge support for GMO labelling

Scientists Confirm Risks Of Genetically Engineered Crops

How GM Crop Trials were Rigged

Flaw in Crop Trials Destroys Government Case for GM

GMO Import Ban Caught in Crossfire

Genetically modified Food: Bush Promotes a `Biological Time Bomb'

The Genetically-modified Food Fight

EU nearer to easing ban on GM foods

Bush Blasts EU over Biofood ban

U.N. Treaty Regulating Biotech Crops To Become Law

Europeans React to Bush Administration Bullying on Frankenfoods

U.S. to confront European Union on genetically modified foods

GM Plants To Grow Vaccines Against Killer Diseases

Gene-Tweaked Spuds may Fight Hepatitis
Vaccine grown in potatoes could protect poor countries

Dangers Of Transgenic Animal Research Overlooked

USDA Told to Disclose 'Biopharm' Locations

Green Groups Sue USDA to Stop Bio-Pharm Planting

Gene-altered crops slip onto market

Alarm as GM Pig Vaccine Taints US Crops

Poison Pharm Crops Near You

Care For Some Drugs in Your Cereal?

Genetic Engineering and Environmental Racism

Biotech Wars: Food Freedom Vs. Food Slavery

Brazil Farmers Destroy Monsanto Frankencrops in Brazil

Zambia Will Feed Herself From Now On

Africa United Against GM to Opt for Self-Sufficiency

Civil Society Organisations Condemn GM Food Aid

'They're Trying to Dump GM Wheat on SA'

US Declares Iraqis Must Destroy Their Own Seeds

Enforcing Single-Season Seeds, Monsanto Sues American Farmers

Small Canadian Farmer Fights Biotech Giant

A Right-to-Know About Food's Origins

FDA Delays New Food Safety Proposals

FDA to monitor nearly all U.S. food

The Farmer: Eating away our future

The Meatrix

REQUIRES FLASH AND SOUND

USDA Misleading American Public about Beef Safety

The Cow Jumped Over the U.S.D.A.

Meet Your Meat

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Sierra Club Response to EPA's Backroom Deal with the Meat Industry

Sorghum and Millet in African Nutrition

Calcium Mechanism for Weight Loss gets Clinical Support

African-Americans Need to Up Calcium Intake

Millions Face Increased Risk of Osteoporosis

Paratuberculosis and Crohn's Disease:

Got Milk?

Got (Enough) Milk?

Milk not Best for Strong Bones, Report finds

Moms, Babies found Deficient in Vitamin D

Plant Diets Can Ward Off Cancer

Mexico Spreading Organic Eating at Home

Delivering Good Health Through Good Food

Cancer now top killer of Americans under 85

Few British Know of Dietary Role in Cancer Risk

Organic Agriculture Helps Fight Cancer

Organically Grown Foods Higher In Cancer-fighting Chemicals

Natural Food - Grains, Beans and Seeds

Rastafarians Promoting Alternative Farming Method

White House Can't Explain Lurking Trade Imbalance

South America Seeks to Fill the World's Table

Dirty Secrets Of The Food Processing Industry

What's in a Name? 'Sudan' Food Scare Angers Country

Banned Dye in British Food Exports

Sudan 1:EU Commissioner Criticises Food Industry over 'Old Stocks'

Common Foods Laced with Chemical

Hidden Sources Of MSG In Foods

NutraSweet - The Aspartam(e) Pentagon Biological Warfare Weapon

Processors Caught Beefing up Chicken

New Vaccine could Save Meat Processors Millions

POULTRY INDUSTRY : Prairie Grove Suit Focuses on Roxarsone Link

Opioids in Common Food Products-
Addictive Peptides in Meat, Dairy and Grains

Revealed: Food Companies Knew Products Were Addictive

Do Bacon and Hot Dogs Trigger Diabetes?

Red Meat Consumption Raises Risk of Inflammatory Arthritis?

Red Meat Linked to One Type of Colon Cancer

Monsanto Moves to Control Water in India

One Billion People Still Drink Unsafe Water

Bacteria Enlisted to Gobble Water Toxins

Stewing in Filth: EPA to Reverse Sewage Standard, Allow Massive Dumping

EPA Warns of Dangers of Sewage Overflows

Conservationists Charge Sewer Agency is Violating Federal Law

EPA Study Finds Mercury in Every Fish Sample from America’s Lakes:

Controversial Bush Plan Would Delay Cleanup for at least 10 Years

More Polluted Fish Advisories Issued

Male Fish Growing Eggs Found in Potomac

EPA Data On Water Purity Faulted

Lead Levels Misrepresented in U.S. Cities

District to Issue Warning on Lead

High Lead Levels Found in Water at 9 DC Schools

Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water

Fish on Prozac? How depressing!

Got Old Medicine? Don't Flush It

Did EPA Mislead Public on Water?

Bad Medicine: Active Pharmaceutical Compounds in Water

Pharmaceuticals found in Canada's water system

Traces of Prescription Drugs Found in Tap Water

Levels of drugs in Great Lakes 'troublesome'

Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance

Health Effects Of Drinking Water Contaminants

Cholera and the age of the water barons

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Contaminates Drinking Water

Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype?

Hungary Killer Bullfrogs are on the Loose in B.C.

More Whales Die in Mass Beachings

Dead Birds Found on Beach Strip

Botulism, Fish, Birds - Canada & USA

Chemical Soup and Federal Loopholes

Dangerous Chemicals in Personal Care Products Compromise Health

New Effort to Measure "Pollution in People"

EPA Charges DuPont hid Teflon's Risks

EPA Eyes Industry to Test Humans for Chemicals

'Misfortune 100' Identifies Top Air Polluters in United States

Business as Usual for Chemical Plants

Pollution of the People

Solvents Affect IQs of Unborn

Children's Health is Declining, Says American Chemical Society

EPA Sued Over Kids and Pesticides

EPA Embraces Human Pesticide Dosing Without Safeguards

Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”— No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses

EPA Sued for Illegally Taking Direction from Chemical Industry Group

CDC REPORT

Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

White House ordered EPA to Downplay Health Risk from Trade Centre Collapse

Exclusive: ‘We Were Not Told to Lie’ About 9/11 and Health

Ignoring Health Risk, EPA To Allow Air Pollution Increases Nationwide

Study links Autism to Mercury from Coal Plants

New Study Shows Impact of Mercury Pollution

Treaty for Mercury Curbs Is Rejected

Audit: EPA Minimized Mercury Risks
Internal agency report finds rules based on industry plan

Revisiting the Bhopal Disaster

Mercury in U.S. Lakes; Cyanide in India - Trust the CEOs!

EPA's Mercury Proposal: More Toxic Pollution for a Longer Time

EPA Doubles Mercury Risk in Newborns

CDC Study Raises Level of Suspicion

Flame Retardants found in U.S. Food Test

High Level of PBDEs Found in Breast Milk

Toxic metals turning up in food, study finds

Farmed Salmon Is Said to Contain High PCB Levels

Farmed Salmon: Laced with Toxins, Study Finds

Fish-Oil Supplements Have Contaminants, Study Claims

Environment and health: 6. Endocrine disruption and potential human health implications

Male Fish Growing Eggs Found in Potomac

Male Fish Becoming Female?

Male Bass Producing Eggs

Plastics Causing Gender Change -Extinctions Possible

Pollution Triggers Bizarre Behaviour in Animals

The Emerging Science of Endocrine Disruption

AIDS Hitting Young Black Males in College

Immigrant Fertility Quick to Drop

Girls warned to cut back on meat, whole milk

Hormone Mimics (Endocrine Disruptors): They're in Our Food

Consumer Reports Jun98

Environment and health: 2. Global climate change and health

Himalayan Glaciers 'Melting Fast'

Mount Kilimanjaro Photo Wake-Up Call for Action

Against Global Warming

Pace of Arctic Climate Change Sounds Alarm

Millions Will Die in Extreme Climate Change: Scientist

Goodbye Sunshine

Billions May Suffer Severe Water Shortages As Global Warming Melts Glaciers

French Heat Deaths Seen Over 11,000

Washington's Weapons Have the Ability to Trigger Climate Change

Aerosol and Electromagnetic Weapons in the Age of Nuclear War

Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Testing

Indonesia Needs Help, Death Toll Expected To Exceed 400,000

The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction

Foreknowledge of A Natural Disaster

The U.S. Knew About the Tsunami

Deigo Garcia Military Base Unaffected by Tsunamis

Endangered Tribes in Path of Tsunami

A Shameful Response to Disaster

Sonar Could Be Giving Whales The 'Bends'

More Whales Die in Mass Beachings

Indonesian Tsunami Probably Tripped by Exxon-Mobile Works

UNICEF, WHO Vaccinate 91,000 Infants, Children In Aceh

Environment and health: 3. Ozone depletion and ultraviolet radiation

A Pill to Prevent Sunburn?

Arctic Ozone Layer is Thinning

Sunspot Grows to 20 Times Size of Earth

Sun on Fire, Unleashes 3 More Major Flares

Kids at High Risk From Ozone Decline

2003 Ozone Hole May Be Record Size, Australia Says

Environment and health: 4. Cancer

Nuclear Waste Dumped on Britain's Beaches

UN Warns Of Nuclear Waste In Somalia Waters

List of Cancer-causing Substances Gets Longer

Cancer now top killer of Americans under 85

Pentagon to Jettison Environmental Responsibilities

Mixed Progress on Cancer Front

Radioactive Waste Dispersal into Consumer Goods, Raw Materials and Regular Trash

Reprocessed Nuclear Reactor Waste Products

Chemical Warfare Agents And Toxic Waste Disguised

As Household Cleaning Products

Fluorides, Hydrogen Fluoride, and Fluorine

Fluoride Linked to Low IQ, Studies Show

Environment and health: 5. Impact of war

11,000 US Soldiers Now Dead From DU Poisoning

DEMOCRACY BETRAYED

Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos

The War's Littlest Victim

Host Response to Depleted Uranium

Lakes of Sewage in the Streets

More Deadly Than Gas

Gulf War Syndrome, The Sequel

'People Are Sick Over There Already'

Gulf troops face tests for cancer

America's Shameful Legacy of Radioactive Weaponry

Troops show uranium sickness signs, claims expert

Death By Slow Burn - How America Nukes Its Own Troops

Poisoned Legacy

Iraqi cancers, birth defects blamed on U.S. depleted uranium

Depleted uranium use is a war crime

Warning of Toxic Aftermath from Uranium Munitions

Are American Soldiers in Iraq Dying due to Depleted Uranium?

Probe into Troop Illnesses in Iraq

New Revelation Surfaces About Gulf War II “Mystery Illness”

Gulf War Vets Risk Paralyzing Disease

Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program

Iraq's Real WMD Crime

WHO ‘Suppressed’ Scientific Study into

Depleted Uranium Cancer Fears in Iraq

DU Syndrome Stricken Vets Denied Care

Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets

Depleted Uranium, Weapons of War vs the Pandora's Box

U.S. Admits Using Napalm Bombs In Iraq: Report

Vaccinating America at Gunpoint

U.S. Child Vaccinations Hit Record High

Smallpox Provisions Hidden in Homeland Security Bill

Smallpox Shot May Fight AIDS

US Smallpox Vaccination Plan Grinds to a Halt

Panel Recommends Against Smallpox Shots

Smallpox vaccine linked to new problems

Bush signs smallpox vaccine law

Third Death Follows Smallpox Vaccination

CDC: Smallpox Shots Might Affect Heart

US Develops Lethal New Viruses

Monkeypox transmitted via human?

CDC FACT SHEET
Basic Information About Monkeypox

Afraid of Anthrax? Strengthen Your Immune System!

What Is In A Vaccine & Why Would These Substances Create Problems?

Merck Under Fire Again over Mercury in Vaccines

Vaccine Ingredients

Thiomersal Fact Sheet

Bug Tainted Flu-vaccine Supplies

Evidence of MMR Risk is 'Compelling'

Polio Vaccine Might Have Carried Virus

Vaccine Against African Cattle Disease Could Help for Malaria,TB and AIDS

Is Thimerosal the Missing Link to Autism

and Developmental Problems?

Toxic Tipping Point

The Poisoned Needle

UPI Investigates: The Vaccine Conflict

Are Vaccines Causing More Disease Than They Are Curing?

Four Of 7 Flu UK Shots Have Mercury - Linked To Autism

Scientists Baffled as Autism Cases Soar in State

Fears of Link to Autism lead British Government

to Scrap Vaccine Containing Mercury

Is Partial Reversal of Autism Possible?

CDC Study Raises Level of Suspicion

Study Disputes Vaccine, Autism Link

Autism, vaccine link considered

California Autism Rate Doubles in 4 Years

Vaccines May Fuel Autism Epidemic

Ex-DAFB Commander says Troops used as Guinea Pigs

Concern Spreads over Drug Given to Troops

Military Mute On Vaccine Danger?

Military Vaccine Woes Mount

U.S. Soldier's Death Is Tied To Vaccines

Pentagon can't Order Anthrax Shots

U.S. Army Buys $30 Million in Anthrax Shots

Some Troops Got Anthrax Shots after Judge Banned Them

We’ve Got Those WMDs Right Here

The Next Worst Thing

Bird Flu Spread to Pigs in Asia Raises Fears

Avian Flu Mutation made B.C. Strain a Killer

Bird Flu Discovered in Maryland

Highly Contagious Strain of Bird Flu found at Texas Chicken Farm

Bird Flu Found in US State of Delaware

Bird Flu Strain Hits U.S. Flock

Bird Flu Found in Canada Farm

Bird flu could kill up to 58,000 Canadians

Stage May be Set for Bird Flu Pandemic, Says Infectious Diseases Expert

Bird Flu Basics - Bird Flu Timelines

Three Indicted in Chicken Virus Smuggling Scheme

Bird flu outbreak spreads in Europe

Bird flu spreads farther into Europe

The Next Pandemic

1918 Flu Hemmorhagic Symptoms Similar To Ebola

Next Flu Pandemic Could Kill up to 7 Million People

Flu Pandemic Inevitable, Plans Needed Urgently -WHO

Bug Tainted Flu-vaccine Supplies

Britain: U.S. Was Told of Vaccine Shortage

Healthy Adults, Kids Urged to Skip Flu Shots

Officials Warn of Major Flu Shot Shortages

Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada -

Largest U.S. West Nile Outbreak Last Year

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War on Natural Health Products Escalates “What’s next from Health Canada’s Keystone Cops?”

AIDS could Kill 80 Million Africans by 2025 Infections may skyrocket if prevention efforts fail, says U.N.

Charges of Money Ties in AIDS Drug Probe Six of nine panel members financially linked to agency