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[[Myron Weinberg]], founder of the [[Weinberg Group]] was a former senior executive at {{Template:Alcohol badge}}[[Booz, Allen and Hamilton]] where he headed biological, chemical, environmental, and regulatory activities. <ref> Weinberg Group [http://www.weinberggroup.com/Myron_Weinberg.html Our People Myron] accessed 3rd September </ref>.  According to the Weinberg Group website Myron's major achievements include:   
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[[Myron Weinberg]], founder of the [[Weinberg Group]] was a former senior executive at [[Booz, Allen and Hamilton]] where he headed biological, chemical, environmental, and regulatory activities. <ref> Weinberg Group [http://www.weinberggroup.com/Myron_Weinberg.html Our People Myron] accessed 3rd September </ref>.  According to the Weinberg Group website Myron's major achievements include:   
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:1 The conceptualization and development of the use for baking soda in the refrigerator;
 
:1 The conceptualization and development of the use for baking soda in the refrigerator;
 
:2) A major study for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which led to the passage of a new law by the Congress of the United States;
 
:2) A major study for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which led to the passage of a new law by the Congress of the United States;

Revision as of 21:39, 4 September 2009

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Myron Weinberg, founder of the Weinberg Group was a former senior executive at Booz, Allen and Hamilton where he headed biological, chemical, environmental, and regulatory activities. [1]. According to the Weinberg Group website Myron's major achievements include:

Myron weinberg
1 The conceptualization and development of the use for baking soda in the refrigerator;
2) A major study for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which led to the passage of a new law by the Congress of the United States;
3) The current revitalization of thalidomide;
4) Approval of the first total joint replacement; and
5) The development of a key clause in the Amsterdam Treaty of the European Union.[2].

According to the business networking website LinkedIn Myron Weinberg is the chair of the Creative Science Corporation although a web search returned no results for this company. [3]

Myron Weinberg is described as a tobacco industry consultant in a thesis paper produced by Elisa Ong of the University of California San Francisco titled "Tobacco Industry Efforts Subverting the International Agency for Research on Cancer's Secondhand Smoke Study."[4]. Myron Weinberg is also listed in a Philip Morris grants and projects budget as being paid $50,000 in 1995 alone for "Consulting Related to ETS [Environmental Tobacco Smoke] Projects." [5].

Career History

  • Former Senior Vice President at Booz Allen and Hamilton
  • Associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School in Washington,D.C.
  • Associate professorDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.

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References

  1. Weinberg Group Our People Myron accessed 3rd September
  2. Weinberg Group Our People Myron accessed 3rd September
  3. Myron Weinberg LinkedIn Myron Weinberg accessed 3rd September
  4. Legacy Tobacco Documents Library Tobacco Industry Efforts Subverting the International Agency for Research on Cancer's Second Hand Smoke Study PDF page 75. Last accessed December 4th 2007
  5. Legacy Tobacco Documents Library Exhibit-E Research Grants & Projects Last accessed December 4th 2007
  6. Weinberg Group Our People Myron accessed 3rd September