[Save] Union of Concerned Scientists: Bush Administration Distorts Science

[Manshi Low]

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS LAUNCHES URGENT CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE THE 
INTEGRITY OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICYMAKING

Across a broad range of public policy issues and on a scale that is 
unprecedented, the Bush administration is censoring, suppressing and 
distorting science-based information when it does not meet their agenda. 
These activities have serious consequences for your health, safety, and 
environment.

For example:

** Scientific findings on issues from climate change to nuclear weapons are 
being weakened or omitted in government reports and websites.

** Highly qualified scientists have been dismissed from advisory committees 
and replaced by industry representatives, while other advisory panels have 
been dismissed or disbanded entirely.

** The White House is proposing new rules that would bar government-funded 
researchers from serving as reviewers of the science underlying new 
regulations, while allowing industry-funded scientists to participate in 
the peer review process.

Read more at:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/index.html