81.   Their reaction then was to shrug it off and commission a study, asking Harvard scientists to check out andro.

82.   Clinton himself commissioned the study dubbed the KickStart initiative, co-chaired by Ed McCracken of Silicon Graphics.

83.   The study had been commissioned by Shell, which has said that the sinking of the Brent Spar oil platform at sea remains an option.

84.   The auditors were generally critical of the lax manner in which studies were commissioned from external consultants.

85.   The commission has been criticised for commissioning a study on the issue from gelatine manufacturers rather than independent scientists and for not waiting for its definitive conclusions.