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A lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort.  filed December December: see month.  14 in US Federal District Court by public health and physician groups demands that corporate interests be balanced with public interest representation on US Industry Trade Advisory Committees (ITACs). ITACs advise the US Trade Representative on trade policies affecting public health. Non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  are systematically denied posts on ITACs.

The suit was filed by Earthjustice on behalf of a coalition of public health organizations. The coalition claims that the current makeup makeup

In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces
 of advisory committees used by the Bush administration to establish trade policy favors corporate interests, illegally excluding public health advocates.

"We are calling on the US Trade Representative to obey Obey can refer to:
*Obedience, the act of following instructions or recognizing someone's authority.
*André Obey, the 20th century French playwright.
*David Obey, US Congressman from Wisconsin.
 the law and create more balanced advisory panels," said Ellen Shaffer, director of the Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health. "Public health policy is an issue too important to be left to a private club of special interests."

--Earthjustice, 12/15
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Title Annotation:NORTH AMERICA; public health organizations want more balanced Industry Trade Advisory Committees
Publication:Earth Island Journal
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 22, 2006
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