Bihar Uranium Study Debunked: How Flawed Research Methods and Pay-to-Publish Practices Created Unnecessary Health Panic

Nov 25, 2025 11:18 pm CST

A controversial study claiming uranium detection in breast milk of Bihar mothers has been challenged by experts as scientifically flawed and sensationalistic. Nuclear scientist Dr. Dinesh Kumar Aswal explains why the findings are implausible, highlighting calibration errors, small sample size, and the problematic nature of pay-to-publish research models that compromise scientific integrity while creating unwarranted public health concerns.