We’ve heard the reports of political interference with scientific work before, but I had no idea how widespread it was. More that half those responding to a survey of scientists at the EPA reported they had experienced political interference in their work. To some degree this group may be self-selecting, so here are the numbers from the Union of Concerned Scientists report:
The online questionnaire was sent to 5,419 EPA scientists last summer; 1,586 replied, and of those, 889 reported that they had experienced at least one type of interference within the last five years.
889 scientists at the EPA reporting that science has been abrogated for politics! Interestingly the scientists singled out the Office of Management and Budget at the White House as one of the main sources of interference.
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