tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post5235066985659766392..comments2024-03-16T00:27:31.848-07:00Comments on Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma: Striking a Nerve: The Unbranded Expert CampaignHoward Brodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599587504924835039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-4758365857632814532008-11-10T04:49:00.000-08:002008-11-10T04:49:00.000-08:00You write very well.You write very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732132352927731247.post-46806031299815596022008-05-19T18:31:00.000-07:002008-05-19T18:31:00.000-07:00I'm sorry, the idea that the only trustworthy scie...I'm sorry, the idea that the only trustworthy scientists out there are those whose research hasn't been funded by industry is philosophically and scientifically bogus. <BR/><BR/>There's just as much useless, badly done "independent" research as there is useless, badly done "industry-sponsored" research. Look at the studies on BPA - journalists keep touting work by Frederick Vom Saal et al without mentioning that it has been rejected as methodologically and statistically flawed by risk assessments in Europe, Japan and the U.S. If you're going to follow the money, you need to follow the statistics too.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Lenzer and Ms. Brownlee have succumbed to the dark side of skepticism: paranoia; they should pay more attention to p values and confidence intervals. And if they're going to compile a list of the great, the good, and the honest, they shouldn't then try to keep it secret. Since when have these two journalists supplanted the FDA?<BR/><BR/>(Disclsosure, I've written very critically about their piece for Slate, which I've argued was an ethically flawed piece of journalism; I have not taken industry money, tho Ms. Lenzer has tried to pin that on me too.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374765713101639210noreply@blogger.com