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Originally Posted by glatt

So scientists are recommending something based on studies and numbers and stuff, and the politicians think it's political suicide to implement the changes recommended by the scientists. So they are simply ignoring the science. There ought to be a thread for posting examples of this sort of perverting of science for politics.

I dont think it is necessarily perverting science when policy makers evaluate the findings of one group of scientists to have more or less credibility or to be more or less in the public interest than another. It is the role of policy makers to make those choices.

To me, perverting science is when policy makers ALTER the findings of government scientists for political purposes.

In any case and in terms of government policies and recommendations, the HHS secretary made it clear that the currently accepted standards will prevail on this issue.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Redux

In any case and in terms of government policies and recommendations, the HHS secretary made it clear that the currently accepted standards will prevail on this issue.

As glatt stated. To protect her ass and the ass of the Obama administration.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

As glatt stated. To protect her ass and the ass of the Obama administration.

I'm not quite sure that is what glatt stated, but he can speak for himself.

The fact that government commissions independent scientific studies should never imply an automatic acceptance of the findings.

Nor should ithe government set pre-determined conditions on scientific research or cover up or alter the findings if they reach conclusions that run counter to policy. Unlike the previous administration, that was not the case here.