Its members are often saddled with their own conflicts of interest, notes an article by author Arthur Allen at the Huffington Post (!) (via the ever-vigilant Orac). And speaking of which, an item the other day on the WSJ law blog confirmed that anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., America's Most Irresponsible Public Figure (r), is of counsel to Florida's Levin Papantonio, the mass-tort specialists. For more on RFK Jr. and vaccines, see this link and this one, among others.