FACTSHEET: Bruce Ames
DETAILS
Professor oBiochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley
Former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center .
Director, George Marshall Institute.
Science Advisor, Science and Environmental Policy Project.
Other than occupational exposure, Ames belives people shouldn't worry about man-made chemicals causing cancer, that natural carcinogens are far more common but we shouldn't worry about them either. The best way to prevent cancer, Ames now believes, is to not smoke and 'eat your veggies.'" (Interview with Bruce Ames, Reason Online Magazine, no date http://reason.com/amesint.shtml)
ORGANIZATIONS
CFACT - Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06
Reason Foundation
Source: Reason website 4/04
George C. Marshall Institute
Source: George Marshall Institute website 5/06
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Source: SEPP website
SOURCES
Reason website 4/04
website for the Reason Foundation (as well as Reason Magazine and Reason Public Policy Institute).
http://www.reason.org
SEPP website
http://www.sepp.org
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06
www.CFACT.org
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org