William L. Marcus, toxicologist, and the Purification Rundown
From: Chris Owen <chriso@lutefisk.OIdemon.co.uk>
(A late followup to a thread which originally appeared in December)
Recap: William L. Marcus is a toxicologist for the Environmental
Protection Agency regularly cited by Narconon
®
as a supporter of L. Ron
Hubbard's pseudoscientific "purification" therapy. Jeff
Jacobsen asked if anyone had any further info on Marcus.
Marcus is listed as a Narconon staff member (to be exact, a member of
the Narconon International Scientific Advisory Board) on the website of
Narconon California. He is described as follows:
(http://www.calnarconon.org/staff.html)
The famous 1991 Time magazine article on Scientology
®
says although he
thinks that "L. Ron Hubbard is a bona fide genius", Marcus
"is a non-Scientologist". That was nine years ago. However,
he's now listed amongst the "Friends of L. Ron Hubbard" and
quoted as saying:
(http://www.lronhubbard.org/eng/publi/friends/index.htm)
Here's the real giveaway: On the website of the Virgil Field Group (a
team of "mobile ministers" [sic] - Scientologists, of course
- in the western US), Marcus is again quoted as describing L. Ron Hubbard
in glowing terms, but his quote - and only his quote - carries a little
credit below it:
"Courtesy of Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre
International"
(http://mobileminister.com/purif/experts.html)
Draw your own conclusions...
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:02:01 +0100
"Dr. Marcus is Senior Science Advisor and Chief Toxicologist for the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has conducted ground-breaking
research in the field of environmental toxicology and pharmacology."
"I first realized he was a genius because of his contribution to
my field. Later I discovered that his brilliance embraced the arts and
humanities as well. L. Ron Hubbard was a true Renaissance man -
philosopher, scientist, writer and artist."
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