Problem

Denial of evidence

Other Names:
Suppression of evidence
Incidence:

Conflicting claims of experts in such recent cases as the tobacco/smoking controversy, the environmental depredations of acid rain, the health effects of long-term exposure to low-level radiation, the levels of safety of nuclear reactors, the health hazards of food additives and of habitual levels of consumption of specific foodstuffs, have all created a situation in which political, scientific and corporate groups consider it legitimate to deny the existence of any significant evidence in each case.

In the UK in 1994 a special inquiry into arms-related exports to Iran drew attention to a pattern of suppression of evidence on the part of ministers which effectively constituted an obstruction of justice and had nearly led to a miscarriage of justice.

Broader Problems:
Deception
Evasion of issues
Strategies:
Suppressing evidence
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 1: No PovertyGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST