Aww... what the fuck are you on about? this isn't a double blind study, nor an observation. It was not within the scientific community, perhaps you can read once and a while. They clearly misrepresented the information, skewed conclusions etc. this does not need to be replicated.
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Dumbfuck, it's rather convenient to all of a sudden conclude findings are skewed or misrepresented years later isn't it? The ability to replicate studies is a validation factor, which they could have done at any point in time, given the archives were open to anyone.
Regardless whether it was within the scientific community or not, the same argument upholds. Had there been doubt, they had plenty of occassions to rectify the information and conclusions put forward. To do so 40-years later just screams political agenda, as is quite evident from the way the article is written. If you're unable to observe that, then I bet you're a Fox-News fan.
Besides, if it was outside of the scientific community, as you argue, then what's the problem? According to your logic they would not have had any backing evidence for their arguments or to their defense. Which simply means other actors are to blame for failing to take appropriate actions in terms of legislation and policies.
Exit'ing thread as we speak.