What conspiracy? The article clearly states that Syngenta requested the increase in MRL for fludioxonil. We don't even need to reach for the lobbying registry to get that information. On the question of independence of scientists, what does Health Canada do in this context? Conduct their own human toxicity studies on the new MRL? As far as I know the manufacturer is responsible to do that and government bodies such as Health Canada review that data. Unless there's something that appears to cause harm after the fact which necessitates independent study. Unless I'm totally wrong about this and Health Canada does independent studies on these compounds, we have a manufacturer creating the product, the safety studies around it and government agencies just review and approve or deny its use based on those studies. This is just business as usual, no conspiracies involved, and no independent science on Health Canada's part. Unless you count reviewing the manufacturer studies as science, which technically is science, except there are obvious pitfalls with it.