Research Integrity and Conflicts of Interest: The Case of Unethical Research-Misconduct Charges Filed by Edward Calabrese
Abstract
Special-interest polluters often file research-misconduct (RM) charges against scientists whose research suggests needed pollutant regulation. This article argues that U.S. RM regulations are flawed in requiring RM assessors/experts/accused, but not accusers, to reveal possible conflicts of interest (COI) that could affect RM allegations. It (1) summarizes U.S. RM regulatory history; (2) uses a case study about 2011 RM allegations, filed by chemical-industry-funded toxicologist Edward Calabrese, to illustrate problems with RM regulations; and (3) offers 4 arguments in favor of revising RM regulations so as to require RM-accuser revelation of possible COI and who funded preparation of the RM allegations.
Cannot help, but here some more of her publications.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I could break down and buy it for $37 but that seems a bit much, so I'll just do without. Though the keywords have me drooling:
ReplyDelete"Calabrese, hormesis, conflict of interest, research misconduct, scientific integrity"
This looks like a related paper.
ReplyDeleteI read some of her papers, and it looks like a mixed bag to me: she has some good points, but I find her argumentation often analytically weak. And her prejudices shine through. But then, she's a philosopher not a scientist ;-)
Yeah, she's a mixed bag, but I think she has Calabrese figured out correctly as well as industry influence.
ReplyDeleteI had that particular paper and another similar one on my Page "Hormesis - Ideological Toxicology" (upper right of this webpage).
About 'figuring out correctly', I just saw a ref to Proctor's book 'Golden Holocaust' (tobacco), and a discussion in section 0.7 in this document. Worth a read.
ReplyDeleteThat link is a treasure-trove! I'll try to read it all this weekend.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, I have those via this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www3.nd.edu/~kshrader/pubs/
But that link doesn't include the paper which is the topic of this post.
Thx for the link, and sorry can't help you with this one!
ReplyDeleteThx for trying!
ReplyDelete> But then, she's a philosopher not a scientist
ReplyDeleteCorrection, she appears to have a formal training in biology.