David Zaruk (@zaruk) | Twitter... David Zaruk. David ZARUK (Brussels, Belgium) - ECREA - Science and Environment Communication Section. David Zaruk Guest Lecture on Risk Management. Resum%C3%A9%20INTERNATIONAL%20WORKSHOP%20ON%20NEONICOTINOIDS%20Comments%20Henk%20Tennekes.pdf. Sign In | LinkedIn. The Risk-Monger » Blog Archive » Who is a scientist? Discerning activist science from credible science. With the elimination of Anne Glover’s post of Chief Scientific Adviser, the President of the European Commission no longer has an expert to advise him on whom a credible scientist is and whom an activist using scientific information for campaign purposes is.
This is a significant blow to evidence-based policymaking as we have so often seen that not all people in white coats behave scientifically when they come to Brussels. In asking who a scientist is, it would be useful to draw some distinctions between credible scientists and activist scientists. Motivation A credible scientist starts with the evidence and adapts the conclusions.An activist scientist starts with the conclusions and adapts the evidence. Engagement A credible scientist presents the evidence to policymakers and returns to the lab, leaving others to make decisions and communicate to the public.An activist scientist goes to the public or a PR manager, telling them where the policymakers need to change. Evidence Some examples: Resumé INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NEONICOTINOIDS Comments Henk Tennekes. The Risk-Monger » Blog Archive » IUCN’s Anti-Neonic Pesticide Taskforce: An exposé into activist science. [BlogActiv Team update: This blog post has been modified by the RiskMonger following a complaint by Dr Jean-Marc Bonmatin, Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
A further reaction by the RiskMonger can be found at the bottom of this page.] The Risk-Monger recently came across a strategy document carelessly left on-line by activist scientists that lies at the heart of the founding of the IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides. The Addendum to this document (see page 3) spells out a rather distasteful anti-neonicotinoid campaign strategy lacking in scientific integrity.
The process has been tried and tested before by activists, but their behaviour has never been so clearly articulated in writing. I thought this document should be shared so we know the type of people are standing behind the “science” defending the bees. How did this story unfold? The story starts in 2010 during a meeting at the IUCN offices in Switzerland. On the 14th June 2010 Prof. The Ethical Challenge. The Risk-Monger » Blog Archive » IUCN’s Anti-Neonic Pesticide Taskforce: An exposé into activist science.
[BlogActiv Team update: This blog post has been modified by the RiskMonger following a complaint by Dr Jean-Marc Bonmatin, Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. A further reaction by the RiskMonger can be found at the bottom of this page.] The Risk-Monger recently came across a strategy document carelessly left on-line by activist scientists that lies at the heart of the founding of the IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides. The Addendum to this document (see page 3) spells out a rather distasteful anti-neonicotinoid campaign strategy lacking in scientific integrity. The process has been tried and tested before by activists, but their behaviour has never been so clearly articulated in writing.
How did this story unfold? One little issue to note: no credible scientist starts with a campaign strategy and then conjures up some evidence as an afterthought to fit his or her activist agenda. The story starts in 2010 during a meeting at the IUCN offices in Switzerland. The Risk-Monger » Blog Archive » The IUCN’s Activist Science Bee-Team: Who’s Who and Who’s Funding Them. In the last blog, I presented a document showing how the IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP) was created on a rather unscientific motivation: to advance the campaign to ban neonicotinoid pesticides. This is what I have referred to as activist science – a politically motivated endeavour of putting the conclusions before the evidence for the purpose of advancing an activist campaign. In this blog, I will examine this group of anti-neonic scientists, how they publish and push their work and how they are funded.
It will be interesting to see how, with their agenda-driven (and non-transparent) financial sources, they can still consider themselves as free from conflict of interest. Peer Review? The IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides has demonstrated how activist scientists can exploit the weaknesses in the peer review process. Also in a closed circle of peers, after repeating the same things to each other, it is normal to share a certain confirmation bias. No Conflict of Interest? Home. Hidde Boersma sur Twitter : "staat vandaag in #vk. Over wetenschappers die activisten werden en verbod op neonics probeerden af te dwingen: Hidde Boersma. Hidde Boersma | University of Groningen - Academia.edu. Wetenschappers willen bestrijdingsmiddel met neonicotinoïden verbieden | Wetenschap. Wetenschappers willen bestrijdingsmiddel met neonicotinoïden verbieden. Met een afgestemde campagne probeerde een groep wetenschappers een verbod op neonicotinoïden af te dwingen.
Dat is een populaire klasse bestrijdingsmiddelen die in verband worden gebracht met de verhoogde sterfte van bijen en andere insecten sinds het begin van deze eeuw. Dat blijkt uit een gelekt document dat verslag doet van twee ontmoetingen tussen de wetenschappers in 2010. Het document bewijst dat deze onderzoekers eerder activisten zijn dan wetenschappers, stelt David Zaruk, een Brusselse risicoanalist gespecialiseerd in milieuproblematiek. Hij ontdekte het document op de website van een van de betrokkenen. 'Door er van uit te gaan dat neonicotinoïden schuldig zijn aan de achteruitgang van de natuur, corrumperen ze de normale manier van wetenschappelijk werken. Het document beschrijft een vierjarige strategie om een verbod op de pesticiden af te dwingen. Toxicoloog Henk Tennekes, ook aanwezig op de tweede bijeenkomst, ziet dat anders.
Blendle. Freek Bersch on Twitter: "Na legers, bedrijven, overheden, ngo's en burgers ontdekken ook wetenschappers de 'campagne'. Eindelijk @Hiddemhigh" Nefyto sur Twitter : "Activisten of wetenschappers? Campagne om gebruik van #neonicotinoïden te verbieden #Beegate @volkskrant @Hiddemhigh.