Investigation into Canada’s New Brunswick brain syndrome is being blocked by the province, whose claims that the syndrome is various existing diseases have been debunked by federal experts, who suggest that the provincial government controlled by its forestry industry is blocking the investigation to retain tourism and industry.

  • Riskable@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    It’s because Wikipedia requires sourcing on claims and Bayer puts in extra effort to get scientific papers removed or “debunked” (find the tiniest, irrelevant flaw and then lobby hard to get it retracted).

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        3 months ago

        They aren’t saying the issue is Wikipedia. They’re saying that the actual sources are being either revoked by the publishers, or excessive money is dumped into studies that would muddy the water about the findings of any negative sources.