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|Title=The Threat to Scientific Integrity in Environmental and Occupational Medicine
 
|Title=The Threat to Scientific Integrity in Environmental and Occupational Medicine
|Is About=This is a factual case describing threats to the integrity of research in environmental and occupational medicine. These threats can come from industry (tobacco, lead) and governments, and stem from conflicts of interest between the parties funding and performing research. Pressures from some industries and governments can lead to the distortion and suppression of scientific findings, attacks on whistleblowers, and manipulation of eminent scientists<ref>Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." ''Occupational and environmental medicine'' 62.12 (2005): 843-846.</ref>.
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|Is About=This is a factual case describing threats to the integrity of research in environmental and occupational medicine. These threats can stem from conflicts of interest between the parties funding and performing research. Pressures from some industries and governments can lead to the distortion and suppression of scientific findings, attacks on whistleblowers, and manipulation of eminent scientists<ref>Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." ''Occupational and environmental medicine'' 62.12 (2005): 843-846.</ref>.
 
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|Important Because=It is important for environmental and occupational medicine professionals and their societies to consider how to adequately respond to these threats. Examples include the adoption of a code of ethics by professional organisations that requires openness from public health professionals, and the establishment of an  independent, intermediate funding scheme to ensure research funding for public health does not come directly from the industry to the researcher<ref>Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." ''Occupational and environmental medicine'' 62.12 (2005): 843-846.</ref>.<references />
 
|Important Because=It is important for environmental and occupational medicine professionals and their societies to consider how to adequately respond to these threats. Examples include the adoption of a code of ethics by professional organisations that requires openness from public health professionals, and the establishment of an  independent, intermediate funding scheme to ensure research funding for public health does not come directly from the industry to the researcher<ref>Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." ''Occupational and environmental medicine'' 62.12 (2005): 843-846.</ref>.<references />
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|Involves=Irving Selikoff; Ernst Wynder; Herbert Needleman; International Commission on Occupational Health; Union of Concerned Scientists
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|Involves=International Commission on Occupational Health; Union of Concerned Scientists
 
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Cases

The Threat to Scientific Integrity in Environmental and Occupational Medicine

What is this about?

This is a factual case describing threats to the integrity of research in environmental and occupational medicine. These threats can stem from conflicts of interest between the parties funding and performing research. Pressures from some industries and governments can lead to the distortion and suppression of scientific findings, attacks on whistleblowers, and manipulation of eminent scientists[1].

  1. Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." Occupational and environmental medicine 62.12 (2005): 843-846.

Why is this important?

It is important for environmental and occupational medicine professionals and their societies to consider how to adequately respond to these threats. Examples include the adoption of a code of ethics by professional organisations that requires openness from public health professionals, and the establishment of an independent, intermediate funding scheme to ensure research funding for public health does not come directly from the industry to the researcher[1].
  1. Tong, Shilu, and Jørn Olsen. "The threat to scientific integrity in environmental and occupational medicine." Occupational and environmental medicine 62.12 (2005): 843-846.

For whom is this important?

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