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Scientific Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration The Bush administration's abuse of science has impacted stem cell research, AIDS prevention, environmental protection, the Iraq war, the teaching of evolution, and global warming. Scientists are demanding a stop to the interference and lies, and two new books have documented the damage and the crimes. More than 9,000 scientists -- a list that continues to grow each day[1] -- have signed a statement accusing the Bush administration of a misuse of science. This statement was based upon research commissioned by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and conducted by respected investigative journalist Seth Shulman.[2] A significant peer in confronting the politics of anti-science was Thomas Jefferson, who in 1799 urged students to to reject the "doctrine which the present despots of the earth are inculcating," that there is nothing new to be learned. He concluded by saying opposition to "freedom and science would be such a monstrous phenomenon as I cannot place among possible things in this age and this country." Shulman's new book[3] (also see [4]), goes beyond the UCS report to show how the Bush administration has systematically misled Americans on a wide range of scientific issues affecting public health, foreign policy, and the environment by ignoring, suppressing, manipulating, or even distorting scientific research. 2. Scientific Integrity in Policy Making: Further Investigation of the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science. The Union of Concerned Scientists. July 2004 3. Seth Shulman. Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration. University of California Press. 978-0-520-24702-4. www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10546.html. January 2007 4. Chris Mooney. The Republican War on Science. Basic Books. August 2006. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn