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United Kingdom: Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists

2013-04-29 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: What happens to people when they become government science advisers? Are their children taken hostage? Is a dossier of compromising photographs kept, ready to send to the Sun if they step out of line? I ask because, in too many cases, they soon begin to sound less like scientists than industrial lobbyists. The mad cow crisis 20 years ago was exacerbated by the failure of government scientists to present the evidence accurately. The chief medical officer wrongly claimed that there was "no risk...

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