It could mean that industry interests have successfully lobbied to have the study removed because the findings were harmful to their bottom line. A retraction could mean that an influential company lobbied to remove a good study that reflects well on a competitor. For these reasons, on occasion, retracted studies carry more truth than nonretracted studies on the same topic. In other words, a retraction can say more about who likes or dislikes the study’s findings than the accuracy of the study.
