Science for Sale: How the US Government Uses Powerful Corporations and Leading Universities to Support Government Policies, Silence Top Scientists, Jeopardize Our Health, and Protect Corporate Profits
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00Q5DALKK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lewis' commentary in Nature, titled "EPA Science: Casualty of Election Politics". The government hires scientists to support its policies; industry hires them to support its business; and universities hire them to bring in grants that are handed out to support government policies and industry practices. Organizations dealing with scientific integrity are designed only to weed out those who commit fraud behind the backs of the institutions where they work. This audiobook is about both, beginning with Dr. The greatest threat of all is the purposeful corruption of the scientific enterprise by the institutions themselves. Lewis' experience, and ending with the story of Dr. Lewis and said: "You know you're going to be fired for this, don't you?" "I know," Dr. Lewis began working at EPA, he was back in Washington to receive a Science Achievement Award from Administrator Ca
"Hero and Whistleblower for the people!" according to Nancy F Holt. This book is for everyone. Scientists, academia, farmers, rural and urban residents need to know how a nationwide waste management program can impact the health of everyone, but especially children. Dr. Davis takes us inside the US Environmental Protection Agency and how the scientists there have been silenced by corporate interests by political mandates to make all environmental policies under a "cost-benefit analysis.". Maddie said Very Important Book. I have worked for the federal government for many years and, unfortunately, what the author says is consistent with my own experience. I was shocked to see the level of dishonesty and corruption in the way the government conducts and funds "science." While I have great faith in the scientific method when practiced correctly, I have come to have very little faith in the integrity of our scientific establishment as it exis. Sludge Magic Exposed If you still believe that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Agriculture(USDA) protect human health and the environment and promote sustainable farming based on preserving natural resources--as both claim in their missions statements-- SCIENCE FOR SALE will finally disabuse you of that notion.As the author explains in Chapters 3-5 to spread millions of tons of processed toxics-containin