{"id":60976,"date":"2015-10-29T00:42:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T04:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=60976"},"modified":"2015-11-01T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:41:48","slug":"fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/29\/fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"fraud&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"justify\" class=\"small\">Below is a collection of references to everything you might want to know about Dr. R. K. Chandra, a Canadian researcher whose 1989 paper, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/299\/6693\/228\">Influence of maternal diet during lactation and use of formula feeds on development of atopic eczema in high risk infants<\/a>, was retracted by the BMJ yesterday. It was originally published by the British Medical Journal on July 22, 1989. It appears that this paper and many others written by Dr. Chandra are simply fabrications &#8211; reports on studies that were never done at all. And some had co-authors who were unaware that the trials had never even taken place.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\" class=\"small\">Why would you want to spend your time reading about this? We talk here a lot about studies that have been &quot;spun&quot; &#8211; subtly twisted to accentuate efficacy or downplay toxicity. Why bother to read about a case where the whole thing is simply made up? An outright lie? I think it might be worth your while to see how the various institutions failed to act, passed the buck, dropped the ball. Those things are most easily seen in the videos of the CBC television&#8217;s investigation below. Pay particular attention to the university officials. It took a media expose and a court decision to get this story out&#8230; <\/div>\n<hr width=\"98%\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<ul><span class=\"small\">  <\/p>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health\/chandra-rk-bmj-retraction-1.3292833\" target=\"_blank\">R.K. Chandra&#8217;s infant formula study withdrawn by medical journal:<br \/> Evidence entered in libel lawsuit over CBC documentary spurs retraction of scientist&#8217;s paper<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">CBC News<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Oct 28, 2015<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/wp-admin\/\">After court verdict, BMJ retracts 26-year-old paper<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Retraction Watch<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">by Shannon Palus<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">October 28, 2015<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h5682\" target=\"_blank\">Ranjit Chandra: how reputation bamboozled the scientific community<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">by <span class=\"name\">Caroline White<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#0033ff\">British Medical Journal.<\/font><\/strong> 2015 351:h5683.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h5694?ijkey=9adbb87bd8c8a2c2910e190c9257e1aadf03048b&#038;keytype2=tf_ipsecsha\" target=\"_blank\">A major failure of scientific governance<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">by Richard Smith, former editor in chief, and Fiona Godlee, editor in chief<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#0033ff\">British Medical Journal.<\/font><\/strong> 2015 351:h5694.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p> <\/span><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a collection of references to everything you might want to know about Dr. R. K. Chandra, a Canadian researcher whose 1989 paper, Influence of maternal diet during lactation and use of formula feeds on development of atopic eczema in high risk infants, was retracted by the BMJ yesterday. 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