Following on from the disgusting antics of the Weinberg Group here’s an excerpt from a humorous but all to true view on the world of scientific spin. This was published in the British Medical Journal, Vol. 327, 20-27 December 2003. Full article at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1442 Snakes, ladders, and spin HARLOT plc: an amalgamation of the world’s
Read more →The following has been taken from a section on conflict of Interest in the bisphenol-A controversy that I had intended to use as a case study in my thesis but later decided not to use. This exerpt looks at the Weinburg group and manufacturing science to order. It has far wider implications…. Don The U.S.
Read more →From Iris Atzmon: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 5, 2008 Rigged Trials: Drug Studies Favor The Manufacturer (OMNS, November 5, 2008) If you have often suspected that drug studies are rigged by the pharmaceutical manufacturer, you are right. “Drug studies skewed toward study sponsors,” reported The Washington Post. (1) “Industry-funded research often
Read more →http://www.anhcampaign.org/news/electro-spin Electro-Spin Dr Damien Downing, ANH Medical Director 8th October 2008 This Monday, 6th October, the Today programme on Radio 4 aired a 4-minute debate on whether wi-fi, mobile phone masts and other sources of radio waves were harmful to health [1]. The idea was rejected by Elaine Fox, a psychologist who helped to write
Read more →In the last few weeks I have been contacted by several people about finding a copy of the joint Australian government (former)/Telco video presentation “Mobile Communications and Health” produced in December 2004. This 6 minute video was available on various websites but has since been taken down and apparently is no longer available. So, as
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #600: Powerwatch commentary on the Danish cellphone industry study While most of the world’s media blindly follow the bidding of the cellphone industry by mis-reporting the Danish cellphone study. Following is a commentary put up on the Powerwatch site. Please connect with the link: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20061206_danish_phones_cancer.asp Summary: A
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #598: Latest Danish cell phone study: Giving the industry what they paid for Here’s the latest in industry funded cell phone studies that claim to have the final answer. When you see statements like “There’s really no biological basis for you to be concerned about radio waves,”
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #591: Repacholi responds to MWN article! Mike Repacholi has responded to the microwave News article: “It”™s Official: Mike Repacholi Is an Industry Consultant And He”™s Already in Hot Water” (Previous message #587 on this list) You can get the original article, Repacholi’s response and the return response
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #587: Microwave News on Mike Repacholi as Industry Consultant From Microwave News: Dear Colleagues: It’s now official. Just months after leaving his post as the head of the EMF project at the World Health Organization (WHO), Mike Repacholi is in business as an industry consultant. The Connecticut
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #585: Another Repacholi & Co. spin- article in Enviromental Health Perspectives Dear Old Michael Repacholi may have retired from his position as head EMF science sorcerer at WHO but he’s still weaving his evil spells. When not selling his expertise to aid the nuclear industry and the
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #556: George Monbiot on the denial industry From Martin Weatherall: The denial industry For years, a network of fake citizens’ groups and bogus scientific bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But who
Read more →Science communication in the UK hits a low note Commentary By Don Maisch March 6, 2006 Concerned over how controversial science issues are being communicated to the public in the British media, the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC) and the Royal Institution of Great Britain , under the Directorship of Baroness Susan Greenfield (who is
Read more →The following from Frans van Velden on the latest German Interphone ‘glioma’ study (not to be confused with the British study, mentioned previously) again illustrates what can happen when the cell phone industry has a ‘guiding’ hand in research funding. It doesn’t necessarily mean outright fraudulent research but it does mean the Telcos have a
Read more →From Frans van Velden: Again misinformation to the media October 2005, Interphone researchers did not inform the public that 1.8 times more acoustic neuroma after ten years mobile phone use was found. Instead, they told the media that there is no heightened risk (Interphone study by M.J. Schoemaker, A.J. Swerdlow, S.J. Hepworth, P.A. McKinney, A.
Read more →Following is the abstract of the glioma study ( see previous message by Lloyd Morgan) on the British Medical Journal web site, the link to comments about this study and comments from Alasdair Philips from Powerwatch UK. Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case-control study Sarah J Hepworth 1, Minouk J Schoemaker
Read more →A lesson learned by British Labour When Britian’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or “mad cow” disease) scare hit the public’s awareness in the 1980’s, the UK government responded by having it’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) take responsibility for handling the issue. The Southwood committee MAFF set up was charged to diagnose and
Read more →Following the last message on the mis-reporting of cell phone research by “Spiked” I was send a few links to follow up on about the journalistic credentials and foundations of this group. A visit to gmwatch and a search of ‘Spiked’ there, provides interesting detail of the names and faces, as well as their agenda
Read more →It did not take long for the spin merchants to come out proclaiming that the latest Interphone study ( see message # 194 ) proves mobiles are safe. Following is an inventive article from Jennie Bristow from “Spiked”, an on-line publication that looks suspicially like it was created to support whatever industry is willing to
Read more →RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH NEWS #822 http://www.rachel.org July 21, 2005 SCIENCE UNDER SEIGE By Tim Montague An ill wind is gusting through the halls of science these days: faked research, suppression of unwelcome results, corruption of science advisory panels, university research falling under the influence of corporate sponsors, and many other conflicts of interest. It’s
Read more →Iris Atzmon in Israel makes an interesting proposal below that should be taken seriously. As an example of the sort of action that could be taken for instance, the Union of Concerned Scientists has been circulating a petition for scientists to sign that calls for restoring scientific integrity in policymaking in the US as a
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