Ragnar Rylander
Ragnar Rylander | |
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Born | 12 September 1935 S:t Görans church parish |
Died | 13 April 2016 (aged 80) Lerum |
Occupation | Scientist |
Ragnar Rylander (12 September 1935 – 13 April 2016)Philip Morris for many years.[2]
Conflict of interest
Two
Geneva University, Rylander had engaged in “scientific cheating without precedent” by receiving undisclosed tobacco industry funding for research downplaying the harms of passive smoking. Rylander subsequently sued Diethelm and Rielle for libel, but in 2004, Rylander lost the case on appeal.[3]
In the same year, 2004, Rylander was appointed to the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks of the
anti-tobacco organization Non-Smoking Generation.[6]
References
Bibliography
- Malka, Sophie; Gregori, Marco (2005). Infiltration : une taupe à la solde de Philip Morris (in French). Georg éditeur. ISBN 9782825709146.