--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/ > > Overview > > The American people depend upon federal agencies to > develop science-based > policies that protect the nation�s health and > welfare. Recently, however, > leading scientific journals have begun to question > whether scientific > integrity at federal agencies has been sacrificed to > further a political and ideological agenda. <snip> > http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/pdfs/pdf_politics_and_science_rep.pdf > <snip> > Example > > In the summer of 2002, CDC�s Advisory Committee on > Childhood Lead > Poisoning Prevention was preparing to confront the > controversial issue of > whether to expand the diagnosis of lead poisoning to > include children > with lower levels of blood lead. For more than a > decade, the committee > had advised intervention if levels measured 10 > micrograms per deciliter > or greater. While the lead industry has opposed > lowering the standard, > recent research has suggested that the cognitive > development of children > may be impaired at levels of 5 micrograms per > deciliter or lower. As the > committee prepared to consider changing the > standard, HHS Secretary > Thompson removed or rejected several qualified > scientists and replaced > them with lead industry consultants. <snip>
Levels as low as 2.5 have been found to have subtle effects on cognition/intellectual functioning (I forget the thread in which I posted several studies WRT this, but they appeared to be decent science). Toxic effects of arsenic have also been shown at levels that this administration wanted to set as standards, and as more studies on dioxin are completed, it too is a neurotoxin that affects children. Articles about these have also been posted previously. As for claims that condoms don't provide reasonable protection against contracting HIV, they are false (studies posted previously); my opinion on appointing a man who wants women to "pray to Jesus" to alleviate menstrual problems as head of the women's health division at (HHS or NIH, sorry I forget which) is, obviously, that this is an insult and a travesty. Don't get me started on snowmobiles in National Parks, logging in old-growth forests, wetlands destruction... >:/ Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
