The lab tests and our analysis of them are still in process. We are about halfway through the tests we want to run and then there will be the process of interpreting what it all means. It's a little bit like writing a graduate level thesis. I have chosen not to report the results in installments to the forum (and thus to the general public as well) for several reasons:
1) The experiments are a conjoined set and results from ones in the future may inform, amplify, or even overturn what we already have learned.
2) Each experiment can take 3-4 weeks just to see results come back.
3) The forum can be a bit acrimonious at times, and I'd rather hold off on sounding certain in my arguments until I am more certain in my arguments.
4) There is a team of people who are working with me, and their thoughts need to have ample time to crystallize and be heard.
We're not exactly sure in what format we will present the results when they are ready, but we know we will be doing something with them. I am keeping the EPAC informed of our efforts in monthly reports. They provide not only intellectual guidance but the financial support that is the lifeblood of any such research. I am in contact almost daily with the immediate team who are designing the experiments and helping to interpret the results.
In the meantime, I am listening attentively to the comments and suggestions that are written here and providing answers where I can and also joining in on the jar discussion. There have been occasions, in the case of the experiments with Skat insect repellent, for example, when experiments have been prompted by this forum. In this and any other such cases, I have posted the lab results here directly for all to see, and I will continue to do this.
Joe Cerniglia
TIGHAR #3078 ECR