According to the New York Times, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis accepted a half million dollars from the Tuna Foundation to study the risks and benefits of hypothetical changes in fish consumption, but didn’t disclose Big Tuna as the primary funder of the work.
The study appeared in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The Times reports that “Critics say the failure to identify the source of the funding is a conflict of interest. Edward Groth, an environmental health expert retired from Consumers Union, said: ‘No matter how well they did their analysis, since an affected industry paid for it, its credibility is suspect.’ “
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