Status Briefing August 2005

From Scienticity

The publication by the Union of Concerned Scientists of its report on Scientific Integrity^[1] early in 2004 was a landmark event. The report was significant for the depth and breadth of its documenting instances of the Bush Administration's overt politicization of the scientific process, particularly in public health, and in environmental and regulatory science. No doubt helped by the prominence of the scientists who first signed on to the "Restoring Scientific Integrity" statement, it dramatically increased the visibility of concerns about political abuses of science policy-making.

References

1. ^  The Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science (The Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, March 2004) – updated version of the report first released on 18 February 2004.