A mercenary academic produced dodgy data to sabotage my case | Anonymous academic
by Anonymous academic from on (#44G7J)
When I gave evidence showing that an environmental toxin had caused deaths, the authorities hired a rogue scientist
Most of my job as an academic researcher is spent at my desk or in meetings, so it was with some surprise that I ended up working on a legal case. I felt like a scientist in a TV thriller. I had been contacted by someone who asked me to analyse some simple data, and the results were clear: they revealed deaths and emergency admissions to hospital caused by a known environmental toxin.
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