Chemical industry attacked Carson’s scientific credibility as biased

Evidence

The chemical industry and agribusiness went to great lengths to discredit Carson’s credibility as a scientist. They criticized her as biased for not citing the benefits of chemical pesticides in eradicating insect-borne diseases. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2613

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Disclosed company falsehoods destroyed the incinerator project’s credibility; Carson’s scientific authority was attacked as unpatriotic female hysteria by male establishment figures — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 408; Vilification and marginality powered Carson and Maathai’s original environmental visions — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 405