One would hope that by now the world has learned the very hard lesson that the George W. Bush administration and its policies are not to be trusted, to say the very least. This should be especially so in Europe but it seems that when it comes to regulatory science, the Bush administration”s policy makers,
Read more →From Gerald Goldberg, MD (commenting on message #980) The problem of addressing institutional loyalties and denial rests on the peculiar nature of human group identification. Humans submit or become passive within social structures as a by product of their evolution. The constructs of the nervous system unfortunately only operate within the constraints of biologically derived
Read more →Most institutional conflict of interest policies deal with individual trust and responsibility to the organization but ignore possible problems that may arise in organizational partnerships, which Krimsky termed the “inevitable tide of corporate and academic partnerships and the commercialism of knowledge” (Message #978). Safeguards to address this problem are needed in order to prevent academic/corporate
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #603: New Carlo analysis on the Danish study Dr. George Carlo has written an excellent 10 page analysis (further to his earlier comments in message# 598) of the Danish cell phone study. It is in pdf. format and as I cannot send attachments out on this list
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=602 From the BBC News on line, 8 December 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220440.stm Industry ‘paid top cancer expert’ The scientist who first linked smoking to lung cancer was paid by a chemicals firm while investigating cancer risks in the industry, it has emerged. Professor Sir Richard Doll held 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: #589: Secret ties to industry and conflicting interests in cancer research From Libby Kelly: Dear Colleagues, I am sending a pdf. attachment [Reply to Don for the file] and above link to a newly published article by Lennart Hardell and Eli Richter, medical doctors and EMF science
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: #584: Exit independent EMF research From Sianette Kwee: EXIT INDEPENDENT EMF RESEARCH, ENTER POTBOILER SCIENCE The recent EMF meeting in Crete, [ http://imm.demokritos.gr/bioeffects ] was the 4th in a series of meetings on Biological Effects of EMF, taking place every second year in a Greek island. Despite
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 →The weblog version of this message is at: #534: Ultrasound dangers to the developing fetus. Part I In this morning’s local paper a new study was briefly mentioned that was published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This study found that when pregnant mice were exposed to untrasound, their developing offspring
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #533: The Political Corruption of Science The Political Corruption of Science By Gene C. Gerard t r u t h o u t | Perspective Go to original at: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080706O.shtml Monday 07 August 2006 Unions representing thousands of scientists and other specialists employed by the Environmental Protection
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #529: Microwave News on “Radiation Research” and the Cult of Negative Studies From Louis SLesin, Editor of Microwave News: Dear Colleagues: “Radiation Research” is known in some EMF circles as the journal of negative results. Even its editors appear to be sensitive about the fact that they
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #528: Comments on corporate corruption From Gerald Goldberg: Hi Don, Read your article on corporate corruption and the charges waged against the AMA. The problem in this country though I suspect it exists in most industrialized countries is that most doctors work for the company store. They
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #526: JAMA misled by docs over drug co. ties – again From Franck Nadaud, CIRED: JAMA misled by docs over drug co. ties “” again This marks third time in two months researchers did not report affiliations The Associated Press Updated: 5:40 p.m. ET July 18, 2006
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #524: Corporate Corruption of Science Anne Wagstaff from Tower Sanity alerted me about these two very relevant papers published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Highly recommended reading. Don 1) Over a Barrell: Corporate Corruption of Science and its Effects on Workers and the
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 →Following is theThe Scientist reporting on the suppression of scientists within the CSIRO (last message) . Spot the farce where the people who have been doing the gagging are now promising to investigate whether or not they have been doing it! But also note that they are limiting the promised investigation to only one complaint.
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