Veil of science belies corporate interests

IN A report headlined ‘Scaremongering stars show no sense about science’ (Irish Examiner, January 4), an organisation called Sense About Science stated celebrities who front public campaigns should check their facts first to avoid making claims that have no scientific basis.

Nominally a charity, with a little research it is apparent that Sense About Science is, however, really a front organisation for the agrochemical, drug and food processing industries.

The group has defended the use of additives, for example, when we all are becoming more aware that pesticides and food additives can be harmful to human health.