The article was a no - holds -
barred denunciation of the U.S. public - health establishment, purporting to tell the story of how «government health agencies colluded with Big Pharma to hide the risks of thimerosal from the public... a chilling case study of institutional arrogance, power, and greed.»
In the late nineteenth century,
bar associations» power grew and these entities sought to limit infringement on their services by those outside of the profession.3 Less than 30 years after it was first published, the ABA's Canon of Professional Ethics in 1937 added a clear
denunciation of UPL, stating «No lawyer shall permit his professional services, or his name, to be used in aid of, or to make possible the [UPL] by any agency, personal or corporate.»