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GMW: A SUMMER OF CORRUPT SCIENCE

" GM WATCH " <info

Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:38:00 +0100

 

 

 

GM WATCH daily

http://www.gmwatch.org

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A SUMMER OF CORRUPT SCIENCE

 

23/7/2005 " Disinformation Syndrome " afflicts government scientists

" scientific and technical papers, particularly within U.S.

environmental agencies, are routinely censored, altered or manipulated

for

political purposes or under commercial pressure "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5526

 

22/7/2005 Honest Science Under Siege

" We have merely scratched the surface here. The corruption of the

scientific enterprise has proceeded very far. In some areas of scientific

endeavor, there are almost no independent researchers left because nearly

every scientist in the field is funded by corporations with an axe to

grind. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5521

 

16/7/2005 Fake Research Hits New High

" I think it's not at all surprising that a drug company would hire

somebody who is very comfortable with hiding the effects of very

dangerous

drugs "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5500

 

16/7/2005 Government scientists' ties to companies

" The ethical problems are more systemic and severe than previously

known "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5500

 

15/7/2005 Eminent scientist behind illegal GM rice

" Most investigations identified Professor Zhang - who works at the

Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Huazhong (Central China)

Agricultural

University - as the source of the illegal grain. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5499

 

15/7/2005 Science blase on terror

" Interviews with 600 life scientists suggested that the majority failed

to take into account the possible consequences of their research and

that they even believed that if their research was made use of for

purposes of terrorism that was, 'not their problem'. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5499

 

14/7/2005 Chutzpah Science

" exploiting poor farmers and taking risks with their livelihoods for

reasons of PR and self-interest, particularly when it's done so brazenly

and without any sense of guilt, does qualify as 'Chutzpah Science'. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5497

 

12/7/2005 Another scientist under attack

" If gene-tampering were so scientifically sound as claimed by its

promotors such as Dr Tony Conner... wouldn't a more accurate and

well-mannered style be forthcoming from them? Instead, the letters you

print from

enthusiasts for genetic manipulation are usually intemperate raves,

often on the level of mere personal insults. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5484

 

7/7/2005 Biotech Deal Still Clouds Tenure

" Anyone who has witnessed the aftermath of a fire knows that the more

acrid the smoke, the longer the stench persists. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5464

 

2/7/2005 How to Wambuzle the world

" The GM crop didn't give the virus resistance it was supposed to and

the yields were worse than those of the conventional sweet potatoes that

it was supposed to replace. Yet despite this disaster, Wambugu's still

going around proclaiming the project a success! "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5444

 

29/6/2005 Professor Bullsh*t unspun!

" This 'anything goes' approach to public communication typically came

from scientists at the forefront of those clamouring for the GM debate

to be based solely upon 'sound science'. Yet, the claims they themselves

peddled to the public seemed at times to have no better foundation than

industry spin or common room gossip. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5430

 

24/6/2005 GM researcher speaks out

" What scares me is normally there are long-term tests but everything is

being fast-tracked and hush-hushed. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5410

 

20/6/2005 Scientists fired for speaking out on biotech project

" There was an atmosphere created, from the state, from the governor's

office, that this project had to be approved at all costs. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5385

 

16/6/2005 Call For Investigation Into Whistle-Blower Firings

" The whistle-blowers are on the front lines, putting health protection

ahead of business interests. If the government is unwilling to launch a

full investigation, it bodes ill for the future health of Canadians and

for our democracy. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5374

 

9/6/2005 Pusztai on TJ Higgins' attack

" I am very sorry for to be so harsh on Dr Higgins and I even understand

that these are hard times and one needs all the brownie points from the

establishment one can get. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5348

 

29/5/2005 Bad Money and Good Science

" If the public is to have confidence in science, we scientists must be

able to demonstrate our independence. Such independence will never be

guaranteed if scientists have to rely on funds from the food and

pharmaceutical industries to research sensitive subjects such as the

safety of

new drugs, vaccines and GM food. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5297

 

29/5/2005 Being a heretic's a bad move

" Being a heretic has been a particularly bad idea during four

historical periods: the Catholic inquisition, the Lutheran Protestant

period,

the Stalin-Lysenko years and finally the present day. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5297

 

26/5/2005 Another scientist under attack - research stopped

" She was days away from final stage testing [for GM contamination] on

seed samples gathered around Turkey when the news came from her rector

[that her lab had been taken away from her]. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5284

 

24/5/2005 Private interests behind Public Research Initiative

" The call for increased leverage for 'nonprofit' 'public sector'

players, in fact, belies the heavy industrial-alignment of most public

sector

agricultural biotechnology, where there is a long history of

involvement with intensive agricultural R & D, of collaboration with

agribusiness

multinationals and of significant dependence on commercial funding. The

effect of this has inevitably been to generate a convergence of

interests, views and even personnel, between private sector and public

sector

operators. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5273

 

8/5/2005 Canadian whistleblowers win review

" In my opinion, the whole food system in Canada is corrupted, [and] our

politicians are not yet listening. There should be a public

investigation into Canadian food safety. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5213

 

6/5/2005 Biology Prof. Resigns Over Gvt. Use of Plant Research

" She ran a lab dedicated to cutting edge plant research but decided to

end her career when she found out that biotechnology companies were

co-opting her research for profit. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5209

 

5/5/2005 Prof Bullsh*t gets " tremendous honor " !

" in trumpeting the value of 'sound science', the biotech brigade have

merely made a rope to hang themselves. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5202

 

 

 

 

 

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