How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science

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How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
Wonderfest - Hewlett Teaching Center, Stanford University
Corporate funding can corrupt science. Some 65% of all research and development in the U.S. is funded by private interests. History shows that the corporate funding of scientific research can be problematic — the tobacco industry offers a potent example. When corporations fund science, is truth the ultimate goal, or is stockholder profit? Please join five outstanding scholars and teachers as they take part in a panel discussion that asks, “Does Corporate Funding Corrupt Science?”"