Is industry funding undermining trust in science?

How valid are fears that financial conflicts of interest are damaging confidence in academic research?

Published on
October 29, 2015
Last updated
October 30, 2015
David Matthews
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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by jrlatham_241621 on October 29, 2015 - 1:53pm
The NY Times Lipton article on Agribusiness and the Chemical industry funding GMO defenders very much underplays the issues. First, Kevin Folta (Dept Chair at University of Florida) repeatedly denied taking money from Monsanto. Second, the Times ignored the deeper complicity of university administrators and even the President of the AAAS. See here for the real story: http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/the-puppetmasters-of-academia-ny-times-left-out/
#2 Submitted by butsurigakusha_1_243706 on November 8, 2015 - 4:00pm
The elephant in the room is government policy directed research via the awarding and rejection of grants by government bureaucrats.

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