These are very chilling words and a reminder that health professionals, governments and people around the world have a constant
battle against organisms invisible to the naked eye and potentially far more invincible than we could ever be.
The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal
battles against researchers who use animals in their studies and opponents of genetically modified
organisms seeking to expose the emails of scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.