On 2017 Mar 03, M Mangan commented:

There's a strong response to this by the NASEM. Full version: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=312017b&_ga=1.59874159.399318741.1481664833

"....The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have a stringent, well-defined, and transparent conflict-of-interest policy, with which all members of this study committee complied. It is unfair and disingenuous for the authors of the PLOS article to apply their own perception of conflict of interest to our committee in place of our tested and trusted conflict-of-interest policies...."

On 2017 Mar 03, M Mangan commented:

There's a strong response to this by the NASEM. Full version: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=312017b&_ga=1.59874159.399318741.1481664833

"....The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have a stringent, well-defined, and transparent conflict-of-interest policy, with which all members of this study committee complied. It is unfair and disingenuous for the authors of the PLOS article to apply their own perception of conflict of interest to our committee in place of our tested and trusted conflict-of-interest policies...."