RON BAILEY HAS AN INTERESTING REPORT on the goings-on at a conference about conflicts of interest in science. But here’s my favorite bit:

It turns out that four of the 18 speakers earn a substantial portion of their incomes by being plaintiff’s witnesses in product liability suits, while two of the four moderators work for activist groups. Hmmm? None of the four journalists on the media panel at the conference had anything to disclose other than that they are journalists?

Maybe that’s enough.