Ever notice that you don't hear people anymore saying that "it's a free country!" Here's
one of the reasons. “I explained the work, but there seemed to be a grave concern as to why we were finding contamination,” [Dr. William Sawyer, a Florida-based toxicologist] said. “It was sort of a loaded question — and then the questions were geared towards sampling permits.” …
“The second thing we were asked is, ‘Do we believe that our data shows that the federal data is wrong?’” Kaltofen said. “The last thing, of course, is the National Commission impugned my reputation and said that they were trying to determine if we were sampling illegally.” …
“If we don’t get the data out to people, how will they decide if it’s safe?” Kaltofen said.