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> I suppose I may be the only one on this forum who has actually worked in industry doing pesticide development R&D. And the only one who has actually dealt with the US and EU registration agencies and as a result actually knows how those processes work.
Thank you for taking the time to explain what you have experienced from
the inside. It is enlightening.
I would like to add this. At my university, I have not seen people slip
away to industry or regulatory bodies after achieving tenure, so we
don't seem to have revolving doors. Although academic research may not
follow US Federal GLP, universities generally require high standards -
sloppy behaviour can result in stunted career aspirations and even
dismissal. There are research protocols to follow, both within
universities and across particular fields.
With respect to published papers, academics are peer-reviewed by outside
experts and once published, papers are scrutinized by other academics.
This is not a perfect system. I recently spotted a paper related to
honey bee vs wild bee resource competition, which I felt had inadequate
statistical support for the conclusions given, so I co-authored a
rebuttal* for the Ecology journal that published the first study. The
editors published our response, which was also peer-reviewed.
I think it is important to distinguish working for the EPA, for example,
from publishing for academic journals. EPA rulings directly affect
health and environment and must be done rigidly (though more
transparency would gain support), whereas an academic production is not
policy, but science. Science is a work in progress. We should expect
ideas to change and mistakes to be published. More information will
refine original ideas or result in their rejection. Someone told me that
scientific papers are sometimes like mud thrown at a wall. Some ideas
stick, some get washed away. In short, there is a significant difference
between research that results in policy implementation and research that
generates ideas.
*https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-022-05112-z
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