The 'limited-scope' study measured drugs in the air and on the surfaces of transit in Washington and Oregon using just 11 buses and 19 train cars.
accompanying its findings appears exceptionally biased. It reads like they were paid to offer certain results and, in some ways, downplays the observations in the finding itself.
And even though meth was detected in 100% of the air samples and 98% on surfaces, UW said it was “nuanced” whether or not “transit operators [were] being exposed to drug smoke or residue in their workplace.” It’s not nuanced. Transit operatorswere and continue to be unquestionably exposed. The research team, led by UW assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences Marissa Baker, calls it nuanced because they say it’s just a small amount.
This wouldn’t be the first time a UW press release was tailored made for a specific agenda in conflict with some of what’s in the study. The for transgender teen patients. That characterization, however, was false . But despite knowingly releasing false information to the press, the UW did not seek to proactively correct the record in any meaningful way because they were content with the coverage.Despite ‘concerning’ transgender study, UW kept quiet because of positive coverageAs a daily King County Metro rider, I often see homeless addicts either smoking at a bus stop or on the bus .