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Here is the actual document for anyone curious: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/30/2018-09078/strengthening-transparency-in-regulatory-scienc

by swebs 8y ago

Here is the actual document for anyone curious: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/30/2018-09078/strengthening-transparency-in-regulatory-science https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/30/2018-09... I think it sounds great. Reproducability and verifiability are extremely import in scientific research. Unlike what this article and some people here claim, it does make provisions for protecting the privacy of users. I also don't see anything hinting that it will affect past studies retroactively. My only complaint is that it targets the EPA specifically, which is pretty suspicious with the current political situation. It would be great if this affected all studies which receive public funding.

pfranz 8y ago
The burden seems to be flipped here. You can't release a medical product until you have reproducible and verifiable results proving your product is safe and effective. When it comes to the environment you can release something until it's proven that it's not safe and effective. They're increasing the burden under the nomenclature of science, when in reality it's a cost/benefit between a company's profits and the quality of life of everyone. I don't mean to sound anti-corprate, but environmental regulations only exist because companies externalize costs onto society and this increases the burden for balancing exposing that cost.