Inside E-LAW: Welcome Kalindi, Thanks Micah, Goodbye Kim, Yachats 2003

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Welcome

Kalindi Devi-Dasi

Micah LeBank

The Science of Protecting Public Health & Ecosystems

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Headlines: E-LAW in the News, Winter 2003

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Uganda Tobacco Victory

January 30, 2003 -- The New York Times reports on how Ugandan E-LAW advocate Phillip Karugaba is taking on the tobacco giants in Africa -- and winning!

Reporter Marc Lacey writes: “President Yoweri Museveni said recently that his prayers would be answered if a thousand major cigarette companies operated in Uganda instead of just one.”

Lacey reports how Phillip`s commitment to protecting his fellow citizens from the dangers of tobacco is making a difference, even when the president disagrees.

The Scientists

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E-LAW’s unique electronic network links hundreds of grassroots attorneys in 60 countries. More than a dozen public interest scientists participate directly in this network, including Elsa Nivia, a Colombian scientist and pesticides expert, and Ram Charitra Sah, a Nepali scientist with expertise in forestry and watershed ecology. E-LAW U.S. Staff Scientist Mark Chernaik and E-LAW U.S. Science Circuit Rider Meche Lu collaborate with Elsa, Ram, and more than 100 U.S.