A new analysis of more than 50 previously secret, corporate-backed scientific studies is raising troubling questions about a history of regulatory reliance on such research….
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In a 187-page report released on Friday, researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research at the Medical University of Vienna in Austria said a thorough review of 53 safety studies submitted to regulators by large chemical companies showed that most do not comply with modern international standards for scientific rigor….
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Of the 53 studies submitted to regulators by the companies, only two were acceptable, according to current internationally recognized scientific standards….
Source: Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds
My friends, this article about the pesticide industry illustrates the same problems as the oil industry, and the medical pharmaceutical industry. We need to encourage our governments to stop allowing these mega company groups to write their own laws and submit only the documents they want to submit.
The sentence I find most horrifying in all of this is “A new analysis of more than 50 previously secret, corporate-backed scientific studies”.
Why in the world should a company that wants to spray toxic chemicals over 90% of the Earth, or a company that wants to mine material or use it in a process that is hazardous if it leaks (I’m thinking about Fukushima too), or a company that wants to inject chemicals into over half the human race be allowed to have secret information about those processes?!?!
In my opinion none of those processes should have any secret parts. If you want to have secrets with a consenting partner in your bedroom that’s fine by me. More power to you :-). But not if it affects more than 10% of the human race. In fact thinking about it, it shouldn’t be allowed if it affects more than 5% or even 1%. If it does — _no secrets allowed_.
All the best to you my friends.