Correspondence with the Royal Society

Introduction

I seem to have gotten myself into a lot of trouble with the Royal Society.

I would like to take the opportunity at this stage to present you with all the correspondence I have with them. My side of the coin is most probably best outlined in a letter dated 12/05/1999 whereas the position adopted by the Royal Society is embodied in their report.

Just to give a full account I would like to publish here alongside the mail, fax and email messages the report of the Royal Society 'referees', my comments on these reports as well as the final Royal Society report and my comments on it.

Technical aside: The emails are plain text files, while faxes and letters have been saved in JPEG format, and linked together via some HTML. My comments on reports are also in plain text.

Warning: The longest JPEG file is about 250K. The longest letter contains 6 JPEG files so some of the letters may be slow in downloading. You have been warned in advance.

Reports and Comments

  • Royal Society Report: Review of data on possible toxicity of potatoes
  • My response to the Royal Society report
  • The six Royal Society referees' reports
  • My replies to the six reviewers' reports
  • Memorandum
  • Correspondence:

    Date: Sender: Recipient: Link to message:
    18/02/1999 Royal Society Everyone  Royal Society Involvement in GM food debate
    05/03/1999 Royal Society Myself   Letter
    15/03/1999 Royal Society Myself  Letter
    19/03/1999 Myself Royal Society  Letter
    23/03/1999 Royal Society Myself  Letter
    30/04/1999 Royal Society Myself  E-mail
    30/04/1999 Royal Society Myself  E-mail
    04/05/1999 Myself Royal Society  E-mail
    10/05/1999 Royal Society Myself  Letter
    10/05/1999 Royal Society Myself   E-mail
    12/05/1999 Myself Royal Society  Letter
    13/05/1999 Royal Society Myself (in Bergen)  Fax
    13/05/1999 Royal Society  Myself (in Bergen)  Fax
    (Fax message undated) Myself (from Bergen) Royal Society  Fax
    18/05/1999 Royal Society Everyone  Their main report
    18/05/1999 Myself Everyone  My own press release
    12/06/1999 Myself  Royal Society   E-mail 

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