Diana Garnham is on a mission. As chief executive of the Science Council in the United Kingdom, an organization that represents professional bodies across science, she wants to restore public trust in scientists. This is a big job in Britain, where that trust has been shaken by everything from questions about links between autism and vaccines to confusion about connections between mobile phones and brain cancer. Even the reality of climate change is increasingly challenged by a suspicious public, according to a February survey by the market-research company Ipsos MORI, headquartered in London.rnGarnhams solution is to certify scientists with a designation that signifies a high level of scientific professionalism and competence.
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