Even if you dont have time to click on the link, please at least read through the last paragraph of text that I have quoted: House leaders have decided that one of the most important things they can do during the lame duck session is to vote on two bills that would cripple good, science-based policy. ...Under HR 4012, some of the best real-world public health research, which relies on patient data like hospital admissions, would be excluded from consideration because personal data could not, and should not, be made public. Demanding public release of full raw data the agency cannot legally disclose is simply a way to accuse the agency of hiding something when it has nothing to hide. ...HR 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, sponsored by vocal EPA adversary Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, would similarly erect pointless roadblocks for the agency. The Science Advisory Board, composed of some of our nation’s best independent scientists, exists not to advocate any particular policy, but to evaluate whether the best science was used in agency decisions. This bill would make it easier for experts with ties to corporations affected by new rules to serve on the SAB while excluding independent scientists from talking about their own research. In other words, academic scientists who know the most about a subject can’t weigh in, but experts paid by corporations who want to block regulations can. rollcall/news/congress_must_block_these_attacks_on_independent_science_commentary-237993-1.html
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:52:05 +0000
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