I ranted a few days ago about NASA's Mission statement revision to exclude specific reference to studying planet earth. At the end I posted a link to a related story on censorship at NOAA. Now comes a survey from the Union of Concerned Scientists on discontent at the FDA. I'll quote from the SEED magazine analysis of the report, The FDA Is A Cauldron of Discontent:
The researchers' answers portray a culture of discontent where scientists report not having enough resources to properly evaluate products, having scientific results ignored, being pressured by political appointees to approve drugs and--most criminal, considering the FDA's mission--providing misleading information to the public.
I already know way too many people who are irrationally skeptical of modern medicine, now they are being handed a rational reason.
---Via Bad Astronomy Blog
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