Science editor-in-chief sounds alarm over falling public trust

Jeremy Berg warns scientists are straying into policy commentator roles

Published on
August 18, 2016
Last updated
February 16, 2017
Snake oil salesman
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Ballyhoo and bombast: ‘scientists say ‘we have this important discovery and it will lead to new drugs for treating cancer in a few years’, when that reality is a long way off

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Print headline: 'Crisis in public trust in science'

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