Kia ora Phil

 

On behalf of the Ministry for the Environment, I acknowledge receipt of
your email of 24 February, requesting the following information:

 

…how the government defines "junk science", what specific criteria are
used to measure and qualify "junk science" as opposed to more reliable
science and how - and in what form - data should be put forward to
ministers so as to ensure it does not meet this new threshold for "junk
science".

 

We will be in touch if we need to discuss the scope of your request.

 

Your request will be considered according to the provisions of the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You will receive a response as soon
as is reasonably practicable. 

 

Thanks for your interest in our work.

 

Ngā mihi mahana

 

Claire McClintock – Manager, Executive Relations
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao

No.3 The Terrace, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Wheeler [mailto:[FOI #5444 email]]
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2017 12:06 p.m.
To: Ministerials
Subject: Official Information request - A specific set of criteria for
distinguishing "junk science" as quoted by Minister Smith

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

Minister Nick Smith referred to "junk science" in response to a Radio New
Zealand interviewer's argument[1] that a proportion of people would become
sick, based on proposed tolerance guidelines, by swimming in water
approved at those new limits.

 

Could the ministry please provide a response on specifically how the
government defines "junk science", what specific criteria are used to
measure and qualify "junk science" as opposed to more reliable science and
how - and in what form - data should be put forward to ministers so as to
ensure it does not meet this new threshold for "junk science".

 

Yours faithfully,

Phil Wheeler

 

[1] Radio New Zealand. 24 Feb 2017:
[5]http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/3...

 

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Dear Phil

Please find attached our response to your request below.

Regards

Mary

 

 

Executive Relations Team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Website: [1]www.mfe.govt.nz 
No.3 The Terrace, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143

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From: Claire McClintock On Behalf Of Ministerials
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2017 1:05 p.m.
To: Phil Wheeler
Subject: RE: Official Information request - A specific set of criteria for
distinguishing "junk science" as quoted by Minister Smith

 

Kia ora Phil

 

On behalf of the Ministry for the Environment, I acknowledge receipt of
your email of 24 February, requesting the following information:

 

…how the government defines "junk science", what specific criteria are
used to measure and qualify "junk science" as opposed to more reliable
science and how - and in what form - data should be put forward to
ministers so as to ensure it does not meet this new threshold for "junk
science".

 

We will be in touch if we need to discuss the scope of your request.

 

Your request will be considered according to the provisions of the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You will receive a response as soon
as is reasonably practicable. 

 

Thanks for your interest in our work.

 

Ngā mihi mahana

 

Claire McClintock – Manager, Executive Relations
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao

No.3 The Terrace, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Wheeler
[[10]mailto:[FOI #5444 email]]
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2017 12:06 p.m.
To: Ministerials
Subject: Official Information request - A specific set of criteria for
distinguishing "junk science" as quoted by Minister Smith

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

Minister Nick Smith referred to "junk science" in response to a Radio New
Zealand interviewer's argument[1] that a proportion of people would become
sick, based on proposed tolerance guidelines, by swimming in water
approved at those new limits.

 

Could the ministry please provide a response on specifically how the
government defines "junk science", what specific criteria are used to
measure and qualify "junk science" as opposed to more reliable science and
how - and in what form - data should be put forward to ministers so as to
ensure it does not meet this new threshold for "junk science".

 

Yours faithfully,

Phil Wheeler

 

[1] Radio New Zealand. 24 Feb 2017:
[11]http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/3...

 

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