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Baobab

(4,667 posts) Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:06 AM Mar 2016

Science for Sale: Meet the ‘rented white coats’ who defend toxic chemicals.

This is a really good series about the "risk-management" firms, attacking the victims with junk science and passing on huge costs to societies.

Main index page:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment/science-sale

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/08/19223/meet-rented-white-coats-who-defend-toxic-chemicals

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Science for Sale: Meet the ‘rented white coats’ who defend toxic chemicals. (Original Post) Baobab Mar 2016 OP

great information KT2000 Mar 2016 #1

K&R cprise Apr 2016 #2

Yes. Well paid con men in lab coats. Very popular these days. bemildred Apr 2016 #3

KT2000

(20,577 posts)

1. great information

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 01:14 AM

Mar 2016

and thanks for posting this.
Passing on the costs to society is something most people miss. The society pays for their damage to people - fetuses, babies, children, men and women.

cprise

(8,445 posts)

2. K&R

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Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:22 AM

Apr 2016

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

3. Yes. Well paid con men in lab coats. Very popular these days.

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 01:44 AM

Apr 2016

We have always had lots of them in health care.

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