Dr. Paolo Boffetta withdraws his candidacy as Director of France’s leading epidemiology centre

An article in Right On Canada, documented questionable work that Boffetta had done and stated:

“This conduct by Boffetta demonstrates a lack of scientific and ethical integrity. The question is whether France’s top institute of epidemiology and health considers scientific and ethical integrity to be essential qualifications for any scientist who works for the institute and, in particular, for the scientist who will take the top leadership role of the institute.”

Happily, it appears that the answer to this question is “Yes”.

Contamination of the scientific literature by industry-funded scientists, who manufacture doubt and deny harm of products that have been demonstrated to be harmful by independent, reputable scientists, is a weapon used by powerful toxic industries to prevent action to protect workers and populations from harm caused by their products. Many die as a consequence.

Scientists, health defenders and asbestos victims around the world, for whom defending the integrity of science is critical, will applaud this decision by the French scientific authorities.

Courtesy: right on canada