Scientists Publicly Denounce Latest White House Climate Change Muzzling

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From Think Progress:

“What was removed was an uncontroversial report of what is currently known and believed about the fact of climate change, its health effects and its likely impacts on the United States.” — Dale Jamieson, director of environmental studies at New York University

“All of these (topics) are routinely mentioned in public health coursework across the nation. Each can be found in the pages of leading journals, such as Science and Nature. If anything, they understate the problem.” — Dr. Alan Ducatman, a professor of community medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine

“We talk of the politicization of science. In the politicization of this topic — the science wasn’t changed, it was deleted.” — Dr. Linda Rosenstock, dean of the UCLA School of Public Health

Scientists Publicly Denounce Latest White House Climate Change Muzzling

25 Oct 07

Today, scientists are publicly denouncing the White House for the "censoring of science," after it was uncovered earlier this week that significant edits were made to testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on the impact of climate change on health.

White House officials deleted key portions citing diseases that could flourish in a warmer climate.

"Dr. Gerberding is the lead of the premiere public health agency in the U.S.," said Kim Knowlton, a science fellow on global warming and health at the National Resources Defense Council in New York. "It's shocking that she was not allowed to say in a public discussion some of these vital details.

"One has to wonder why was this is so threatening to the White House."

All this, sadly, is not a surprising news item. When it comes to the science of climate change, the Bush Administration has a long history of "selective interpretation."

Here's some links to a few examples:

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White House edits CDC climate testimony

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1. Looking forward to the day when the Republican War on Science ends. n/t