“…Also in line with past work, uncertainty around safety-motivated parents to seek additional information (Guillaume & Bath, 2004), and information from Government, healthcare researchers and professionals was perceived to be untrustworthy even when it objectively summarised the scientific evidence (Raithatha, Holland, Gerrard, & Harvey, 2003). Public distrust of UK Government health safety communications has been linked to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis of the 1980s-1990s, whereby research pointing to a public health threat was withheld by the government (Bellaby, 2003).…”