EPA scientists complain about political pressure
 

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency scientists say they have been pressured by superiors to skew their findings, according to a survey released Wednesday by an advocacy group.

The Union of Concerned Scientists said more than half of the nearly 1,600 EPA staff scientists who responded online to a detailed questionnaire reported they had experienced incidents of political interference in their work.

EPA spokesman Jonathan Shradar attributed some of the discontent to the "passion" scientists have toward their work. He said EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, as a longtime career scientist at the EPA himself, "weighs heavily the science given to him by the staff in making policy decisions."

But Francesca Grifo, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Scientific Integrity Program, said the survey results revealed "an agency in crisis" and "under siege from political pressures" especially among scientists involved in risk assessment and crafting regulations.

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Good for them for coming forth and speaking out about such things. Too bad so many idiots will responde with the usual "tinfoil hat" nonsense.

Im shocked that cant be possible. lol

waitaminute!

are you trying to tell me that the people who could make money raping
the environment might put pressure on the people responsible for protecting
said environment?

this sounds like good ol capitalism to me.