The U.S. Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction "was established within the National Institutes of Health [3] to assess the dangers of chemicals and help determine which ones should be regulated," reports Marla Cone. "But much of the agency's work has been conducted by a private consulting company ... that has been funded by more than 50 industrial companies." Sciences International [4] "produces the first draft of the center's reports" and helps select "members of its scientific review panel." Senator Barbara Boxer [5] and Representative Henry Waxman [6] are calling for "disclosure of Sciences International [4]'s potential conflicts of interest" before a review of its report on bisphenol A [7], "a compound in plastics that has been linked to reproductive damage." Sciences International's private clients have included DuPont [8], ExxonMobil [9] and Dow Chemical [10]. "In a letter soliciting R.J. Reynolds [11] as a client in 1999," the company's president "boasted about its close collaboration with the federal reproductive health center, as well as the EPA [12] and other federal agencies."