Remember the news about dangerous lead levels in imported rice? Maybe so, but do you remember the followup, a few weeks later, when the "finding" was reported to be caused by faulty equipment? In a Forbes post, Emily Willingham critiques the early reporting and notes that several outlets missed some red flags: "Science is nothing without context. And there’s no reason at all not to tell readers, as soon as possible, if no peer review has vetted the information."
