since he said to Del Bigtree that coming under fire wouldn't scare him because he was close to retirement anyway.

He said that before the study right? When he still believed that it would prove his beliefs correct.

If you dare to touch the medical dogmas you're not simply going to get fired. You'll be ostracized entirely. You'll become a pariah. And that is if you manage to withstand the pressure that's going to come down on you trying to force you to retract what you found. I didn't get the impression that it was about the money for him. I do think he's simply scared and his principles aren't strong enough to overcome his weakness. Though I might be wrong.

Even for Paul Offit and Stanley Plotkin it probably is only partially about the money and partially about feeling the need to poison wells in a more sophisticated way. It sure is funny how 'every single time' actually means every single time.