The interplay of science, public perception and politics is fascinating.
This article concentrates on health issues (hopefully a free article quota will help over the paywall): What Happens When an Entire Scientific Field Changes Its Mind | Scientific American
…and…(as a corollary to the last part of the article) - this is not played in international scientific congresses or UNO meetings… it is much closer to us than what we think. Look at the Cantonal independent decisions of paying (or not) for mammography screenings…
And wind power, nuclear power, libraries with books, electric cars, subsidies for agriculture…
How dare they!
Lol, I thought the breasts bit in the title of the thread was a reference to the Green Party leader in Britain who claimed he could help women increase their breast size with meditation years ago 