TRADING ON DISTORTION

摘要

In a recent op-ed for E-Scrap News, Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network (BAN) takes issue with a study on international e-waste flows I co-authored and published. At the core of his challenge is the assertion that "when substantial amounts of money are placed at risk by inconvenient truths, a new industry is born - the industry of denial." The claim that my co-author and I have any incentive, financial or otherwise, to slant our findings in one way or another is a specious accusation. Nevertheless, the editorial points to some important questions: Could financial considerations affect how an organization chooses to portray a matter that concerns it? And whose economic interests might be at risk?