A research team investigating the ecological safety of a new synthetic fertiliser receives funding from the chemical company that manufactures it. In their published paper, the researchers selectively omit the results from three test sites where significant soil degradation occurred, reporting only the data from sites showing positive crop yield.
Explain why this selective reporting of data constitutes an ethical breach in scientific research.
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