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This site deals with issues regarding influences, both political and corporate, in the ability of such professionals as research scientists, educators and medical practitioners to make decisions based on professional standards; the activities of "lobbyists" whose focus is not on political decision-makers but on the professional creators and dispensers of knowledge and services.
12/11/08 Journal of the American Medical Association: Where's the beef? The "beef" that is aired in this article is that JAMA regularly prints "scientific" articles about food products that are authored by food-industry connected people tryig to promote public belief in the nutritional value of their products. For example, several articles have recently touted the health benefits of increased consumption of protein in the diet, when most nutritionists argue exactly the opposite of this recommendation. One writer is a former employee of the National Cattlemen's Association. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/111000/
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Analysis & views: 12/11/08 Journal of the American Medical Association: Where's the beef? The "beef" that is aired in this article is that JAMA regularly prints "scientific" articles about food products that are authored by food-industry connected people tryig to promote public belief in the nutritional value of their products. For example, several articles have recently touted the health benefits of increased consumption of protein in the diet, when most nutritionists argue exactly the opposite of this recommendation. One writer is a former employee of the National Cattlemen's Association. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/111000/ 9/18/07 As the school year starts, Barbara Ehrenreich welcomes students to "Fleece U.": As a Fleece U. graduate, you are set for life (a life of debt, that is). Fleece U. offers incomparable training for debtorhood with its inflated tuition and room and board rates, overpriced textbooks and additional "fees' for just about everything. A Fleece U. degree and a big student loan bill in your pocket, you will be well qualified for $8-an-hour jobs that will keep you in debt till you die ://www.thenation.com/doc/20070924/ehrenreich 4/20/06 Study shows that all the experts who worked on defining mental disorder diagnosis have financial ties to drug companies dealing with psychotropic drugs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902560.html?referrer=email 3/1/06 Doctors' professional ethics against participation in executions may help spell the end of capital punishment: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=80&ItemID=9857 2/24/06 Scientific journal says scientists working for chromium industry withheld data about carcinogenic effects that may influence OSHA's chronium regulations for work places: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/23/AR2006022301783.html?referrer=email
2/24/06 In academic journals and on TV, tobacco industry "researchers" extolled the health values of cigarette smoking: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=10&ItemID=9691 2/23/06 New England Journal of Medicine continues to criticize authors of article it published for ignoring data on Vioxx side effects: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20060222-1435-vioxx-newenglandjournal.html 2/20/06 Scientists assail Bush administration for its interference with scientific research: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0219-04.htm 2/11/06 Climate expert claims scientific research on global warming being censored: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001766.html 2/11/06 University of Pittsburg stem cell researcher rebuked for personal profit from research, not falsifying data: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001842.html?referrer=email 2/8/06 Secret corporate support of health care research: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0207-25.htm
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Analysis & views: 2/11/06 Director of Cancer Research Institute criticized for involvement in re-election campaign of Florida congressman (Clay Shaw) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13845321.htm
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Gainesville: 4/22/06 Alachua County School Superintendent endorses three school board members in their re-election campaigns; many views on whether his action, while legal, was perhaps "unethical" or "unwise." http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/LOCAL/204220334/1078 Miami: 3/17/06 Purchasing their teaching "credentials" costs 32 Miami-Dade teachers their jobs: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=hp-tos-feat-b-02&idq=/ff/story/0001/20060316/1632990172.htm Tampa: 2/17/06 Female Tampa police officer alleges harassment at work: http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBJ91YZRJE.html
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