05-09-2017, 01:10 PM
(05-09-2017, 12:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't see whay there is any conflict of interest with an acedemic that receives funding from the EPA. They get paid exactly the same no matter what results they report.
Regulatory decisions by the EPA can direct research into certain areas. An academic on the board has the potential to move the research trends in their direction, thus resulting in grant money.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
