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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Jun 22, 2004, at 5:23 PM, quack AT ibiblio.org wrote:
> Part of the problem is that the scientific method is spottily (I'd 
> argue
> shoddily, but we won't go there now) applied.  Especially when such
> bio-engineered products are treated as closed-source, and the 
> techniques
> to produce and results of testing are not open for public review.  Like
> most industries, the focus is getting the product out the door and 
> making
> money.

Its the same way in  the pharmaceutical industry, where drug 
manufacturers don't have to make public studies that show a drug is 
ineffective or even dangerous, as was the case with the recent 
controversy over Paxil use by children.

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