Secret Science

The trend toward secrecy in science today is frightening (“Scientists Sharing Fewer Discoveries,” Feb. 11). More than ever we need openness to protect our Earth. With corporations fudging on the benefits and safety of their products by their researchers, the scientific community needs the freedom and the dialogue necessary to make decisions for our own health and welfare as well as the health and welfare of our world. Nature’s laws don’t change, only our understanding of them. There is no back-up planet.

Saran Kirschbaum

Los Angeles