sábado, 28 de setembro de 2019

The unlikely country fostering a cadre of fearless highly ethical scientists

Who could ever imagine that it's precisely in Turkey that scientists are boldly standing up to protect science from political assaults—an unforeseen yet notable example for the world !

"...was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in jail after publishing the results of a study he and other scientists had done that linked toxic pollution to a high incidence of cancer in western Turkey...Şık could have avoided jail and received a suspended sentence by expressing regret. But he declined to do so when asked by the judge....Şık, lost his university position in 2016 after signing a petition calling for peace" 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/turkish-scientist-gets-15-month-sentence-publishing-environmental-study