The anatomy of deadly product defence campaignsby Rory O’Neill, Editor, Hazards, December 2013
Some scientific hired guns try to hide their industry ties; others flaunt them. Either way cash-for-science can be very bad news for your health. Hazards editor Rory O’Neill follows the money.
Take one deliberately undercooked cancer experiment, publish a scientific paper to promote its academically ridiculed findings, and go on a world tour to publicise its conclusions, and what do you get? In the case of Dr David Bernstein, the asbestos industry’s go-to scientist, the answer is several million dollars.
For the Switzerland-based US toxicologist, his role as the chief scientific propagandist for the asbestos industry worldwide has been as lucrative as it has been suspect.
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