Cairns, John Jr.2014-01-232014-01-232005http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24989It should be an expectation that scientists and intellectuals accept social responsibility. However, one obstacle to this goal is communicating basic messages of information generated by science professionals to the general public that do not have access to the primary resources. Therefore, the general public must rely on secondary sources, like newspapers and newsletters, to communicate messages from scientists and their scientific research.en-USIn Copyrightsocial responsibilitysocial activismenvironmental informationsecondary sourcesArticlehttp://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/secondary.pdf