“I think the onus is on the scientific community to provide more in the way of information, to help clarify the situation.”

“Which is why they all get flooded with information requests from nutjobs who want to waste their time.”

How about we let the scientists do science, and we take it upon ourselves to educate ourselves about this incredibly important topic? It doesn’t take much. A few good books and you’re basically grounded. Science shouldn’t be immediately viewed with suspicion; the reason it’s ‘science’ is that it comes from a process that’s more rigorous than ones normal people use to come to conclusions.