>
> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/07/09/the-crisis-of-
> integrity-deficient-science/


There are people with an agenda on both sides of many issues.  The author
of the above, Paul Driessen, is a gifted writer, whose daily
anti-environmental missives go beyond the pale (I regularly read his blog
in order to ensure that I get a balanced perspective on reality).  He is
truly one to whom the label "shill" could accurately be applied.

Thus, based upon his record, I know that he will exaggerate and extrapolate
to the extreme, every bit as much as the researchers whom he crtiticizes in
the blog above.

Our duty is to analyze the evidence ourselves.  Thank goodness that the
study was funded by the registrants, and that they were given the raw data
to share with the public.  I have not yet seen it myself, but fortunately,
we can see Dr. Peter Campbell's analysis in the Slate article
<http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/06/the_data_do_not_support_the_idea_that_neonics_hurt_bees.html>.
Although Dr. Campbell is an employee of Syngenta, it's doubtful that the
company would allow him to post an analysis that could not stand up to hard
scrutiny (due to knowing that it will be picked over with a fine comb by
statisticians hired by environmental groups).

Thus this is a wonderful case of eventually getting to the truth of the
matter.  It's unfortunate that a team of dedicated researchers and the
journal Science get chastised in the process, but this sort of scrutiny is
necessary to keep scientists honest.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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