A FOIA backlash from scientists

An anti-GMO non-profit files public records requests with four universities asking for correspondence between researchers and several chemical companies. Scientists object that the requests amount to harassment. Anna Clark writes that there is no easy answer here: "Call it the shadow side of sunlight laws. While open records requests are designed to protect press freedom, they also make it possible for people who oppose certain scientific viewpoints to exploit them."

March 2, 2015

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