Ricardo Katz

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Ricardo Katz was enlisted in the second wave of recruitments by the law firm Covington & Burling at a time when they were getting desperate. He was added to a small group of Latin American academics and medical specialist who were willing to act under cover for the tobacco industry in their own countries. They were called "ETS Consultants" but they were actually enlisted as lobbyists -- they had no consulting role with the tobacco companies whatsoever. The report on him reveals this propaganda emphasis:

Mr Katz (Chile) operates an environmental consulting firm specializing in risk assessment. He employs scientists, engineers, and physicians . He is also highly recommended by the local BAT company. Mr Katz considers ETS to be an environmental pollutant; the only issue, he says, is the extent of the health risk. Because our budget is limited, I would recommend starting with the Chilean candidates with university affiliations. But we should certainly keep Mr Katz in mind. [2]

Katz was a civil engineer, and technical director of Environmental Decontamination Committee of Santiago. He had worked for BAT before.

LATIN AMERICAN CONSULTANTS
Latin American ETS Consultants Program
Latin American ETS (Doc Index)
Bariloche Conference

Documents & Timeline

A few dozen of these "ETS Consultants were recruited in the 1991-1995 period. The details are in the Latin American ETS (Doc Index) entry.