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Historians Unearth a Conflict of Interest, Prompting a Retraction by The Lancet Journal (www.publichealth.columbia.edu)

submitted 4 days ago by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago

A corporation lied so they could harm people in the name of profit? Wow. I’m shooketh.

Seriously though, good on these guys for uncovering this and good on The Lancet for retracting.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Whoa. That's incredibly fucked up.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Great. So when are scientific journals going to retract all the articles about the luminiferous ether they published in the 19th Century.

[+] AmidFuror@fedia.io -7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's good to see these postal workers-in-training doing investigations in the public interest.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

postal workers-in-training

Heh, no.

Markowitz and Rosner, both emeritus professors at Columbia Mailman School in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, have studied industrial pollution and contaminants since the early 1970s and have co-authored several books.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think these specialty schools are great, but they should probably modernize the name to be gender inclusive.

If you ever want to go to a school where you can study quietly, consider the Colorado School of Mimes.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I get that you're trying to be witty, but ... Well I don't know what to say that isn't mean. I just don't think it's funny anymore.

For the hopelessly literal and pedantic, the School is named after Joseph L. Mailman, a business person that donated a bunch of money, not a gender exclusive profession.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

To each their own, sibling.