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| From: Hays Cummins <haysc@muohio.edu> |
| Subject: Scientific Integrity in Policy Making |
| Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:44:44 -0500 |
| To: Hays Cummins <haysc@muohio.edu> |
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Hello,
I thought you might be interested in a shocking report recently released by the Union of Concerned Scientists-- Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
The PDF download link is here:
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/climatechange/union_con_scientists_bush.pdf
A brief introduction of what the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org/) report is about:
"On February 18, 2004, more than 60 leading scientists?including Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors, and university chairs and presidents?issued a statement charging that the Bush administration has, among other abuses, suppressed and distorted scientific analysis from federal agencies, and taken actions that have undermined the quality of scientific advisory panels. The statement calls for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity in federal policymaking.
Through the scientist statement and call to action, UCS is engaging scientists and citizens on this issue to demand change. Positive steps would include:
* Congressional oversight hearings to investigate and assess the allegations;
* Guaranteed public access to government scientific studies and to the findings of scientific advisory panels; and
* Action to re-establish an analytical capability within Congress that can provide independent guidance on scientific and technical aspects of public policy, along the lines of the former Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)."
CLICK Below to download the FULL Report:
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/climatechange/union_con_scientists_bush.pdf
Amazing stuff,
Hays
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Dr. R. Hays Cummins
Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Fellow, Institute of Environmental Science
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
Phone: 513-529-1338
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