Comments on: Defending Science from Industry Assaults http://scienceprogress.org/2008/05/defending-science-from-industry-assaults/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bix http://scienceprogress.org/2008/05/defending-science-from-industry-assaults/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 Bix Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:33:42 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/05/defending-science-from-industry-assaults/#comment-2180 Mr. Michaels has an important message here: the manufacturing of uncertainty for financial gain. I hope his message gets out. I suspect it's occurring in my field with the link between milk (cow proteins) and type 1 diabetes. The science supports the link, but there's all this dairy institute funded work coming out that's saying, in effect, it's not proven, it's not a certainty. His solution, follow the money, is a good one. Mr. Michaels has an important message here: the manufacturing of uncertainty for financial gain. I hope his message gets out.

I suspect it’s occurring in my field with the link between milk (cow proteins) and type 1 diabetes. The science supports the link, but there’s all this dairy institute funded work coming out that’s saying, in effect, it’s not proven, it’s not a certainty.

His solution, follow the money, is a good one.

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