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The New Thought Police--Suppressing Dissent in Science

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

This article examines attempts in England to establish a "press council" that would control what reporters are allowed to write about issues involving science and product safety, particularly in regard to genetically modified foods. Mae-Wan Ho and Jonathan Mathews report on the seamless way in which the corporations, the state and the scientific establishment are co-ordinating their efforts to suppress scientific dissent and force feed the world with GM crops.

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http://www.i-sis.org/sciencewar-pr.shtml
Topics: 
Genetic Engineering
Public Relations
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Database Reveals Many Scientists' Links to Industry

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has posted on the Internet a database of more than 1,100 professors and scientists who consult for or have other affiliations with chemical, gas, oil, food, drug, and other companies. The web site also provides partial information about nonprofit and professional organizations that receive industry funding. The well-documented database is part of CSPI's Integrity in Science project and is designed for activists, journalists, policy makers, and others who are concerned about potential conflicts of interest.

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http://integrityinscience.org
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Corporations
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Scientists Don't Disclose Conflicts of Interest

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

Less than one percent of the 60,000 articles published during 1997 in 181 peer-reviewed science and medical journals with conflict of interest policies contained any disclosure of the authors' personal financial interests, according to a study by professors Sheldon Krimsky and L.S. Rosenberg which was published in the April 2001 issue of Science and Engineering Ethics.

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Main Source: 
Science and Engineering Ethics, April 2001
Topics: 
Ethics
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Junk Science for Junk Food

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

The food industry used an absurdly contrived "experiment" to prove that parents should let their kids eat junk foods in a study published in the June 1999 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The food-industry researchers taunted preschoolers by displaying an item of junk food while forbidding them to eat it. After five days of this treatment, they found, the kids' desire for the food item had increased.

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http://web.archive.org/web/20011021054545/http://www.junkthejunk.com/junk_scienc...
Topics: 
Food Safety
Health
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