| WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) warned that under the
Bush Administration, a troubling trend is emerging where scientific agencies
are substituting scientific research and independent analysis with the
pre-conceived biases and prejudices of the Administration.
A
recent report released by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), ranking
Democrat on the Government Reform Committee, describes this trend, and
three ways that President Bush and his Administration are creating a new
version of “science” that suits their purposes: (1) stacking scientific
advisory committees with corporate and ideological cronies; (2) distorting
and suppressing scientific information, and (3) interfering with scientific
research.
For
more information about the Bush Administration’s attack on the scientific
integrity of governmental agencies, see House Committee on Government Reform
report: Politics
and Science in the Bush Administration. |
