Whistleblower now reluctant biotech safety spokeswoman
By Lee Howard
Publication: The Day
Published 04/01/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 04/01/2012 12:04 AM
Former Pfizer Inc. molecular biologist Becky McClain calls herself a "reluctant activist" now that she has become a national spokeswoman for biotech safety after winning a $1.37 million judgment two years ago against her former employer.
"I'm a scientist," the Deep River resident said. "I'm not schooled in public speaking."
But McClain, who won a jury award on April 1, 2010, against Pfizer after being fired following a series of safety complaints and what she says was exposure to a novel virus at the pharmaceutical giant's Groton laboratories, has been taking speaking engagements around the country to inform the public about the dangers of unregulated biotech laboratories...
