The fourth-quarter 2005 issue of Balance, the newsletter of the Civil Justice Association of California, described the controversy over Harvard's award to Erin Brockovich and quoted ACSH president Dr. Elizabeth Whelan:
The fourth-quarter 2005 issue of Balance, the newsletter of the Civil Justice Association of California, described the controversy over Harvard's award to Erin Brockovich and quoted ACSH president Dr. Elizabeth Whelan:
"I think it's a travesty to give a scientific award to an environmental activist who has done absolutely nothing to promote public health in America," said Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health. "It's a slap in the face to those of us in public health who are actually working on real public health problems." Dr. Whelan boycotted the award ceremony.
