Collusion between experts and vested interests

In the UK, up until 1992, the government did not disclose the private financial links between all its senior scientific advisers and the food, chemical and pharmaceutical companies that they regulate. It was therefore unclear how independent such advisers were in approving food additives, pesticides, medicines and techniques such as irradiation and genetic engineering of foodstuffs. For example 3 of 11 members of the advisory committee on pesticides had financial links with chemical companies.

1. Irresponsible experts
2. Improper collusion

1. Repudiation of complementary medicine

1. Unavailability of appropriate expertise
2. Lack of integrated medicine
3. Improper collusion among officials
4. False claims
5. Exploitation of confusion between public and government interest
6. Collusion between administrators of funding agencies and programme formulators
7. Biased expertise

1. Reward biased research
2. Contractual constraints on reporting systemic problems

1. Exposing research sponsored by vested interests
2. Exposing collusion between experts and vested interests
3. Colluding with regulators
4. Buying off pressure groups

1. Overregulated