IHT: The White House distorts science for political ends [View All]

This is just f*cking sickening. Apparently, nothing is sacred to these creeps.

From the International Herald Tribune.

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  CASPER, Wyoming When is science not science? When politics is added to the mix. The Bush administration has manipulated the scientific process and legitimate scientific conclusions for political ends.
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In the Bush administration, non-science parades as science in the service of political or ideological agendas. Undermining scientific research is a dangerous and short-sighted approach to public policy.
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The Minority Staff Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform prepared a report for Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat of California, entitled, "Politics and Science in the Bush Administration" (www.reform.house.gov/min). The report points out that the public depends "upon federal agencies to promote scientific research and to develop science-based policies that protect the nation's health and welfare. Historically, these agencies - such as the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Environmental Protection Agency - have had global reputations for scientific excellence."
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Even leading scientific journals are questioning the scientific integrity of these agencies. This year the editor of Science wrote that there is growing evidence that the Bush administration "invades areas once immune to this kind of manipulation."
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