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You are being downvoted because the claim is ridiculous and unsubstantiated. Scientists don't need to be lobbied or prodded into tearing shitty research papers
by AtomicNixon 7y ago
You are being downvoted because the claim is ridiculous and unsubstantiated. Scientists don't need to be lobbied or prodded into tearing shitty research papers to shreds. It's what they do. Science is an adversarial sport, that's why it works. Scientists aren't exactly paid like bankers, and the one coin they do trade on is their reputations.
- aldoushuxley001 7y agoExcept it’s the science that shows neonicotinoids to be harmful, like the thread you’re commenting on, and the publicly registered lobbyists working for Bayer and previously Monsanto who have successfully politically lobbied for laws that benefit their product, often citing their own paid-for ghost written research, which lobbied public policy makers can often be influenced into accepting as valid. So yeah, if only the politicians would actually listen to the scientists instead of the lobbyists then neonicotinoids, like Roundup, would be banned, but unfortunately companies like Bayer, and formerly Monsanto, have staged an incredibly effective and successful lobbying / PR campaign.