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Readers beware!  Not all science reporting is trustworthy.  Quote: "Conventional science bloggers, take notice. You’re working in a field where studies supporting the general consensus are tainted and stained.  Starting sentences with “the FDA approves” or “the CDC confirms” or “a study published in The New England Journal established” isn’t a ticket to the truth. Far from it."     https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/to-science-bloggers-living-with-mommy/

Take note of this.  When politicians pay to have scientists produce what they want, bad things happen.  This item explains.  http://spectator.org/articles/63925/president%E2%80%99s-clean-energy-farce  

 

For some years now I have read differing accounts addressing the use of fluoride in water.  The most prominent version regards successful collusion between the government and industry placed fluoride in water is discussed in these two items.  Our government says it is a good thing but the science they use to back that up seems a bit dubious and certainly other national governments have a differing opinion and seemingly for good reason.   http://patriotpowerednews.com/increasing-fluoride-levels-in-drinking-water-by-just-1-can-cause-131000-adhd-cases-study-shows/  and  http://www.naturalnews.com/050183_fluoride_chemicals_drinking_water_Ethiopia.html  

This social science piece is most interesting.  Quote: Based on the "...the Haidt report, it sounds like social science at times amounts to political activism of special pleading masquerading as objective science, and benefiting from the respect society gives to science, precisely because science is believed to be unbiased. If journalism had a few smart, principled liberals like Jon Haidt and his colleagues on the Heterodox Academy project, men and women who were willing to speak out against the biases in the field and how it damages the field, we would be much better off."  http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-lefts-bad-social-science-jonathan-haidt/  

The theme of poor management/oversight of taxpayer funded scientific research continues to expand.  This item is just one more example.   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/27/golden-hammer-poorly-monitored-science-research-wa/

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