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The study was published in a peer-reviewed journal. The researchers held positions at respected universities. The methodology appeared rigorous. And the conclusion — that the product was safe — was exactly what the company that funded the research needed it to be.
This is not a story about one study or one company. It is a story about a system — a vast, expensive, and meticulously maintained apparatus for the manufacture of scientific doubt, the suppression of inconvenient findings, and the purchase of academic credibility.
It is a system that has, conservatively, contributed to millions of preventable deaths. And it is operating right now, in every major industry that has ever faced evidence that its products cause harm.
