Isn't trying to discount published research with a glorified blog post the Dunning-Kruger Effect in action?
Papers saying that lead in petrol was totally safe were "published research", as were the papers saying that replacing tetraethyl lead with benzine made it safer.
Both of those turned out to be pretty majorly wrong, but they were "published research".
Trying to discount published research with a blog post is just intellectual laziness. Those loudmouths should put their research money where their mouths are.