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USDA Scientist Punished for Pollinator Research
- littletimmy 11y agoGood. We need to punish those who peddle false information on behalf of the chemical industry.
- vixen99 11y agoIf this is irony then it's pretty dumb. The scientist is being suspended for "publishing research about adverse effects on monarch butterflies from widely-used neonicotinoid insecticides"
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- datashovel 11y agoThe link to the "whistleblower narrative" at the bottom is quite interesting. http://www.peer.org/assets/docs/usda/10_26_15_Lundgren_Whistleblower_%20Complaint.pdf http://www.peer.org/assets/docs/usda/10_26_15_Lundgren_Whist... First impression is the Papiernik character is a micro-manager who may or may not have control issues. Then again you have to consider who wrote the narrative.
- wilwade 11y agoHaving worked in a USDA/ARS lab as just a tech, I can note a few things that might be of interest (my observations only of course). 1. Industry connections are very deep in USDA/ARS. 2. Managers are scientists. This is a double edged sword. Often scientists are not very good managers, but managers without deep science knowledge would cause other issues.
- mkempe 11y agoPower corrupts.