{"id":1208,"date":"2005-05-24T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/24\/manufacturing-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2005-05-24T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T03:08:00","slug":"manufacturing-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/manufacturing-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chris Mooney (via the MoJo blog<\/a>) points us to two “noteworthy” articles<\/a> in the most recent Scientific American<\/em> that deal with the “production” of uncertainty over established science by industry-commissioned research and corporate lackies who specialize in such things. SA suggests bringing back the Office of Technology Assessment<\/a> as a partial remedy, but the second article (subscription required) notes that never has industry had a more friendly regulatory atmosphere than now.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: science<\/a>, politics<\/a>, industry-funded research<\/a><\/p>\n