Journal Apologizes for Book Review

The editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine apologized for not informing readers that it was a chemical company official who was the author of a review critical of a book that claims chemicals in the environment are responsible for an epidemic of cancers. The journal has drawn criticism on last month’s review, which was written by Dr. Jerry H. Berke, the medical director of W.R. Grace--a company that has been accused of polluting.