Why is that everytime the subject of silica has come up Mesleson’s name seems to be connected with it?
Just to remind you, he wrote a letter to the WP stating that the silica finding may only be a rumor and that people should wait until knowledegable government officials announce their results.
Knowledgeable government officials (AFIP) then did indeed announce their results just as Mesleson asked for. They stated that silica was the key component that caused the Daschle anthrax to fly.
But then Mesleson went out of his way over many years to either deny the existence of the AFIP statement or distort it. The distortion in the C&E News article is transparent as I have already demonstrated.
They "announced" those speculative "results" in a self-serving newsletter. It was a newsletter written to show employees of AFIP what kind of work AFIP is doing and how important that work is. It was NOT a scientific report, even though you endlessly try to make it appear so.
If Professor Meselson is going out of his way to clear up BAD INFORMATION from AFIP, he should be applauded for his efforts. If he goes out of his way to clear up the nonsense published in the media about silica coatings, he should be applauded for doing so.
You can argue that because you do not like Professor Meselson, everything he says is wrong. But such an argument can be seen to be just plain ridiculous by anyone looking at the actual data. Even though you endlessly try to twist and distort things, the FACTS support Professor Meselson.