As OMB Watch reported several weeks ago, controversy erupted around the relationship between a National Institutes of Health (NIH) center and a scientific consultant with industry ties. The Environmental Working Group, a D.C. public interest organization, found that NIH's Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (within the National Toxicology Program) is largely managed by Sciences International, Inc., a private consultant which exhibited industry bias in its research. Now, as The Pump Handle points out, an official with the National Toxicology Program wrote a letter to Sciences International suspending the relationship. Read more from The Pump Handle.