Politics and the Erosion of Federal Scientific Capacity

Restoring Scientific Integrity to Public Health Science

Bibliographic Data

ID11031389
AuthorsKathleen M Rest (Kathleen M. Rest and Michael H. Halpern are with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass.), Michael Halpern (Union of Concerned Scientists), Michael H Halpern (Kathleen M. Rest and Michael H. Halpern are with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass.)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue11
Pages1939-1944
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2007.118455
PMID17901422
PMCIDPMC2040357
OpenAlexW2145024422
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

Our nation’s health and prosperity are based on a foundation of independent scientific discovery. Yet in recent years, political interference in federal government science has become widespread, threatening this legacy. We explore the ways science has been misused, the attempts to measure the pervasiveness of this problem, and the effects on our long-term capacity to meet today’s most complex public health challenges. Good government and a functioning democracy require public policy decisions to be informed by independent science. The scientific and public health communities must speak out to defend taxpayer-funded science from political interference. Encouragingly, both the scientific community and Congress are exploring ways to restore scientific integrity to federal policymaking

Ballot · Democracy · Engineering ethics · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Public health · Public relations · Scientific evidence · Scientific integrity · Taxpayer · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education

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